Adeno-associated virus vector as a platform for gene therapy delivery

D Wang, PWL Tai, G Gao - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are the leading platform for gene delivery for the
treatment of a variety of human diseases. Recent advances in developing clinically …

Gene therapy for ALS: A review

DA Amado, BL Davidson - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has historically posed unique challenges for gene-
therapy-based approaches, due to a paucity of therapeutic targets as well as the difficulty of …

Severe toxicity in nonhuman primates and piglets following high-dose intravenous administration of an adeno-associated virus vector expressing human SMN

C Hinderer, N Katz, EL Buza, C Dyer, T Goode… - Human gene …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Neurotropic adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes such as AAV9 have been
demonstrated to transduce spinal alpha motor neurons when administered intravenously (iv) …

Gene therapy for neurological disorders: progress and prospects

BE Deverman, BM Ravina, KS Bankiewicz… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors are a rapidly emerging gene therapy platform for the
treatment of neurological diseases. In preclinical studies, transgenes encoding therapeutic …

SOD1 Suppression with Adeno-Associated Virus and MicroRNA in Familial ALS

C Mueller, JD Berry, DM McKenna-Yasek… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Two patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and mutations in the gene
encoding superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) were treated with a single intrathecal infusion of …

[HTML][HTML] Adeno-associated virus technologies and methods for targeted neuronal manipulation

L Haery, BE Deverman, KS Matho, A Cetin… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cell-type-specific expression of molecular tools and sensors is critical to construct circuit
diagrams and to investigate the activity and function of neurons within the nervous system …

Targeted gene silencing in the nervous system with CRISPR-Cas13

JE Powell, CKW Lim, R Krishnan, TX McCallister… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Cas13 nucleases are a class of programmable RNA-targeting CRISPR effector proteins that
are capable of silencing target gene expression in mammalian cells. Here, we demonstrate …

Adeno-associated virus-based gene therapy for CNS diseases

M Hocquemiller, L Giersch, M Audrain… - Human gene …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Gene therapy is at the cusp of a revolution for treating a large spectrum of CNS disorders by
providing a durable therapeutic protein via a single administration. Adeno-associated virus …

[HTML][HTML] RNA dysregulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Z Butti, SA Patten - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset motor neuron disease
and is characterized by the degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons. It has become …

Nearly 30 years of animal models to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a historical overview and future perspectives

T Bonifacino, RA Zerbo, M Balbi, C Torazza… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, multigenic, multifactorial, and non-cell
autonomous neurodegenerative disease characterized by upper and lower motor neuron …