Molecular Therapy
Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 118-125
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Systematic Evaluation of AAV Vectors for Liver directed Gene Transfer in Murine Models

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Vectors based on adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are being evaluated for use in liver-directed gene therapy. Candidates have been preselected on the basis of capsid structure that plays an important role in determining performance profiles. We describe a comprehensive and statistically powered set of mouse studies designed to compare the performance of vectors based on seven novel AAV capsids. The key criteria used to select candidates for successful gene therapy are high level and stable transgene expression in the absence of toxicity. Based on these criteria, the best performing vectors, AAV8, AAVhu.37, and AAVrh.8, will be further evaluated in nonhuman primates (NHPs).

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published online 27 October 2009

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The first two authors contributed equally to this work.