The complete European guidelines on phenylketonuria: diagnosis and treatment

AMJ Van Wegberg, A MacDonald, K Ahring… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2017 - Springer
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive inborn error of phenylalanine metabolism
caused by deficiency in the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase that converts phenylalanine …

Genetics of phenylketonuria: then and now

N Blau - Human mutation, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
More than 950 phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene variants have been identified in
people with phenylketonuria (PKU). These vary in their consequences for the residual level …

In vivo prime editing of a metabolic liver disease in mice

D Böck, T Rothgangl, L Villiger, L Schmidheini… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Prime editing is a highly versatile CRISPR-based genome editing technology that works
without DNA double-strand break formation. Despite rapid technological advances, in vivo …

Treatment of a metabolic liver disease by in vivo genome base editing in adult mice

L Villiger, HM Grisch-Chan, H Lindsay, F Ringnalda… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas-based genome editing holds great promise for targeting genetic disorders,
including inborn errors of hepatocyte metabolism. Precise correction of disease-causing …

[HTML][HTML] Phenylketonuria: a review of current and future treatments

N Al Hafid, J Christodoulou - Translational pediatrics, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism caused by a
deficiency in the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). If left untreated, the …

A split and inducible adenine base editor for precise in vivo base editing

H Zeng, Q Yuan, F Peng, D Ma, A Lingineni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
DNA base editors use deaminases fused to a programmable DNA-binding protein for
targeted nucleotide conversion. However, the most widely used TadA deaminases lack post …

Fusion-dependent formation of lipid nanoparticles containing macromolecular payloads

JA Kulkarni, D Witzigmann, J Leung, R van der Meel… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The success of Onpattro™(patisiran) clearly demonstrates the utility of lipid nanoparticle
(LNP) systems for enabling gene therapies. These systems are composed of ionizable …

State‐of‐the‐art 2023 on gene therapy for phenylketonuria

M Martinez, CO Harding, G Schwank… - Journal of inherited …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phenylketonuria (PKU) or hyperphenylalaninemia is considered a paradigm for an inherited
(metabolic) liver defect and is, based on murine models that replicate all human pathology …

Gene therapy for monogenic liver diseases: clinical successes, current challenges and future prospects

J Baruteau, SN Waddington, IE Alexander… - Journal of inherited …, 2017 - Springer
Over the last decade, pioneering liver-directed gene therapy trials for haemophilia B have
achieved sustained clinical improvement after a single systemic injection of adeno …

Minicircle DNA vectors for gene therapy: advances and applications

V Gaspar, D Melo-Diogo, E Costa… - Expert opinion on …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Nucleic-acid-based biopharmaceuticals enclose a remarkable potential for
treating debilitating or life-threatening diseases that currently remain incurable. This …