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 …

Biomarker qualification for neurofilament light chain in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: theory and practice

M Benatar, LW Ostrow, JW Lewcock… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore whether the utility of neurofilament light chain (NfL), as a biomarker to
aid amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) therapy development, would be enhanced by …

Cis-regulatory elements driving motor neuron-selective viral payload expression within the mammalian spinal cord

MA Nagy, S Price, K Wang, S Gill, E Ren… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Spinal motor neuron (MN) dysfunction is the cause of a number of clinically significant
movement disorders. Despite the recent approval of gene therapeutics targeting these MN …

Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy products: What are toxicity studies in non-human primates showing us?

P Baldrick, B McIntosh, M Prasad - Regulatory Toxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A number of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy products have entered
clinical development, with a few also reaching marketing approval. However, as our …

Adeno-associated virus vectors and neurotoxicity—lessons from preclinical and human studies

D Stone, M Aubert, KR Jerome - Gene Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Over 15 years after hepatotoxicity was first observed following administration of an adeno-
associated virus (AAV) vector during a hemophilia B clinical trial, recent reports of treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Neurofilament light chain and dorsal root ganglia injury after adeno-associated virus 9 gene therapy in nonhuman primates

EW Johnson, JJ Sutherland, E Meseck… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2023 - cell.com
In nonhuman primates (NHPs), adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) vectorized gene
therapy can cause asymptomatic microscopic injury to dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and …

[HTML][HTML] Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus vectors for Gene Therapy of the Central Nervous System: delivery routes and clinical aspects

Ż Słyk, N Stachowiak, M Małecki - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Central Nervous System (CNS) is vulnerable to a range of diseases, including
neurodegenerative and oncological conditions, which present significant treatment …

Dorsal root ganglion toxicity after AAV intra-CSF delivery of a RNAi expression construct into non-human primates and mice

ZCE Hawley, ID Pardo, S Cao, MI Zavodszky, F Casey… - Molecular Therapy, 2025 - cell.com
Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) toxicity has been consistently reported as a potential safety
concern after delivery of adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) containing gene-replacement …

Efficacy and safety of a SOD1-targeting artificial miRNA delivered by AAV9 in mice are impacted by miRNA scaffold selection

SK Chen, ZCE Hawley, MI Zavodszky, S Hana… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Toxic gain-of-function mutations in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) contribute to
approximately 2%–3% of all amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases. Artificial microRNAs …

Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee technical review: biology and pathology of ganglia in animal species used for nonclinical safety testing

BM Bennet, ID Pardo, BT Assaf, E Buza… - Toxicologic …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Dorsal root ganglia (DRG), trigeminal ganglia (TG), other sensory ganglia, and autonomic
ganglia may be injured by some test article classes, including anti-neoplastic …