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Gene editing for the treatment of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases

Rai, R; Thrasher, AJ; Cavazza, A; (2021) Gene editing for the treatment of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. Human Gene Therapy , 32 (1-2) pp. 43-51. 10.1089/hum.2020.185. Green open access

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Abstract

With conventional treatments for primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs), such as allogeneic stem cell transplantation or autologous gene therapy, still facing important challenges, the rapid development of genome editing technologies to more accurately correct the mutations underlying the onset of genetic disorders has provided a new alternative, yet promising platform for the treatment of such diseases. The prospect of a more efficient and specific therapeutic tool has pushed many researchers to apply these editing tools to correct genetic, phenotypic, and functional defects of numerous devastating PIDs with extremely promising results to date. Despite these achievements, lingering concerns about the safety and efficacy of genome editing are currently being addressed in preclinical studies. This review summarizes the progress made toward the development of gene editing technologies to treat PIDs and the optimizations that still need to be implemented to turn genome editing into a next-generation treatment for rare monogenic life-threatening disorders.

Type: Article
Title: Gene editing for the treatment of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1089/hum.2020.185
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1089/hum.2020.185
Language: English
Additional information: ª Rajeev Rai et al., 2020; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10110425
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