Immunogenicity of recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for gene transfer

M Arjomandnejad, I Dasgupta, TR Flotte, AM Keeler - BioDrugs, 2023 - Springer
Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) have emerged as promising gene delivery
vehicles resulting in three US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and one European …

[HTML][HTML] Recommended treatment for antibody-mediated rejection after kidney transplantation: the 2019 expert consensus from the transplantion society working …

CA Schinstock, RB Mannon, K Budde, AS Chong… - …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
This meeting was organized by The Transplantation Society with the assistance of an
unconditional education grant from CSL Behring. CSL Behring had no involvement in the …

IgG-cleaving endopeptidase enables in vivo gene therapy in the presence of anti-AAV neutralizing antibodies

C Leborgne, E Barbon, JM Alexander, H Hanby… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Neutralizing antibodies to adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are highly prevalent in
humans,, and block liver transduction,–and vector readministration; thus, they represent a …

IgG endopeptidase in highly sensitized patients undergoing transplantation

SC Jordan, T Lorant, J Choi, C Kjellman… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Donor-specific antibodies create an immunologic barrier to transplantation.
Current therapies to modify donor-specific antibodies are limited and ineffective in the most …

Adeno-associated virus as a delivery vector for gene therapy of human diseases

JH Wang, DJ Gessler, W Zhan, TL Gallagher… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has emerged as a pivotal delivery tool in clinical gene
therapy owing to its minimal pathogenicity and ability to establish long-term gene expression …

Gene therapy for liver diseases—progress and challenges

N Zabaleta, C Unzu, ND Weber… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Gene therapy is poised to revolutionize modern medicine, with seemingly unlimited potential
for treating and curing genetic disorders. For otherwise incurable indications, including most …

[HTML][HTML] Rescuing AAV gene transfer from neutralizing antibodies with an IgG-degrading enzyme

ZC Elmore, DK Oh, KE Simon, MM Fanous, A Asokan - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Preexisting humoral immunity to recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors restricts
the treatable patient population and efficacy of human gene therapies. Approaches to clear …

Imlifidase desensitization in crossmatch-positive, highly sensitized kidney transplant recipients: results of an international phase 2 trial (Highdes)

SC Jordan, C Legendre, NM Desai, T Lorant… - …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background. Highly HLA sensitized patients have limited access to life-saving kidney
transplantation because of a paucity of immunologically suitable donors. Imlifidase is a …

IdeS (Imlifidase): a novel agent that cleaves human IgG and permits successful kidney transplantation across high-strength donor-specific antibody

BE Lonze, VS Tatapudi, EP Weldon, ES Min… - Annals of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The presence of a donor-specific positive crossmatch has been considered to be
a contraindication to kidney transplantation because of the risk of hyperacute rejection …

[HTML][HTML] Safety, immunogenicity, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of degradation of anti-HLA antibodies by IdeS (imlifidase) in chronic kidney disease patients

T Lorant, M Bengtsson, T Eich, BM Eriksson… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Safety, immunogenicity, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of the IgG-degrading enzyme of
Streptococcus pyogenes (IdeS [imlifidase]) were assessed in a single-center, open-label …