Search Results - "Boye, Sanford"
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Current Clinical Applications of In Vivo Gene Therapy with AAVs
Published in Molecular therapy (03-02-2021)“…Hereditary diseases are caused by mutations in genes, and more than 7,000 rare diseases affect over 30 million Americans. For more than 30 years, hundreds of…”
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Targeting photoreceptors via intravitreal delivery using novel, capsid-mutated AAV vectors
Published in PloS one (26-04-2013)“…Development of viral vectors capable of transducing photoreceptors by less invasive methods than subretinal injection would provide a major advancement in…”
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A Comprehensive Review of Retinal Gene Therapy
Published in Molecular therapy (01-03-2013)“…Blindness, although not life threatening, is a debilitating disorder for which few, if any treatments exist. Ocular gene therapies have the potential to…”
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Complement C3-Targeted Gene Therapy Restricts Onset and Progression of Neurodegeneration in Chronic Mouse Glaucoma
Published in Molecular therapy (03-10-2018)“…Dysregulation of the complement system is implicated in neurodegeneration, including human and animal glaucoma. Optic nerve and retinal damage in glaucoma is…”
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Treatment of retinitis pigmentosa due to MERTK mutations by ocular subretinal injection of adeno-associated virus gene vector: results of a phase I trial
Published in Human genetics (01-03-2016)“…MERTK is an essential component of the signaling network that controls phagocytosis in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), the loss of which results in…”
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Improving retinal vascular endothelial cell tropism through rational rAAV capsid design
Published in PloS one (11-05-2023)“…Vascular endothelial cells (VEC) are essential for retinal homeostasis and their dysfunction underlies pathogenesis in diabetic retinopathy (DR) and exudative…”
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Promotion of endoplasmic reticulum retrotranslocation by overexpression of E3 ubiquitin‐protein ligase synoviolin 1 reduces endoplasmic reticulum stress and preserves cone photoreceptors in cyclic nucleotide‐gated channel deficiency
Published in The FASEB journal (15-09-2024)“…Cone photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide‐gated (CNG) channels play an essential role in phototransduction and cellular Ca2+ homeostasis. Mutations in genes…”
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Somatic Gene Editing of GUCY2D by AAV-CRISPR/Cas9 Alters Retinal Structure and Function in Mouse and Macaque
Published in Human gene therapy (01-05-2019)“…Mutations in , the gene encoding retinal guanylate cyclase-1 (retGC1), are the leading cause of autosomal dominant cone-rod dystrophy (CORD6). Significant…”
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AAV-mediated cone rescue in a naturally occurring mouse model of CNGA3-achromatopsia
Published in PloS one (11-04-2012)“…Achromatopsia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which shows color blindness, severely impaired visual acuity, and extreme sensitivity to bright light…”
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Gene delivery to mitochondria by targeting modified adenoassociated virus suppresses Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy in a mouse model
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-05-2012)“…To introduce DNA into mitochondria efficiently, we fused adenoassociated virus capsid VP2 with a mitochondrial targeting sequence to carry the mitochondrial…”
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β-secretase 1 overexpression by AAV-mediated gene delivery prevents retina degeneration in a mouse model of age-related macular degeneration
Published in Molecular therapy (05-07-2023)“…We reported previously that β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (BACE1) is strongly expressed in the normal retina and that BACE1−/− mice develop…”
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SARM1 depletion rescues NMNAT1-dependent photoreceptor cell death and retinal degeneration
Published in eLife (27-10-2020)“…Leber congenital amaurosis type nine is an autosomal recessive retinopathy caused by mutations of the NAD synthesis enzyme NMNAT1. Despite the ubiquitous…”
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Optimization of Capillary-Based Western Blotting for MYO7A
Published in Advances in experimental medicine and biology (2023)“…Myosin VIIA (MYO7A)-associated Usher syndrome type 1B (USH1B) is a severe disorder that impacts the auditory, vestibular, and visual systems of affected…”
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Small GTPases Rab8a and Rab11a Are Dispensable for Rhodopsin Transport in Mouse Photoreceptors
Published in PloS one (16-08-2016)“…Rab11a and Rab8a are ubiquitous small GTPases shown as required for rhodopsin transport in Xenopus laevis and zebrafish photoreceptors by dominant negative…”
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Impact of Heparan Sulfate Binding on Transduction of Retina by Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors
Published in Journal of virology (01-04-2016)“…Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) currently are being developed to efficiently transduce the retina following noninvasive, intravitreal (Ivt) injection. However,…”
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Human gene therapy for RPE65 isomerase deficiency activates the retinoid cycle of vision but with slow rod kinetics
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-09-2008)“…The RPE65 gene encodes the isomerase of the retinoid cycle, the enzymatic pathway that underlies mammalian vision. Mutations in RPE65 disrupt the retinoid…”
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Gene therapy rescues photoreceptor blindness in dogs and paves the way for treating human X-linked retinitis pigmentosa
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-02-2012)“…Hereditary retinal blindness is caused by mutations in genes expressed in photoreceptors or retinal pigment epithelium. Gene therapy in mouse and dog models of…”
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SubILM Injection of AAV for Gene Delivery to the Retina
Published in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2019)“…Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has emerged as the vector of choice for delivering genes to the retina. Indeed, the first gene therapy to receive FDA approval in…”
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Gene therapy reforms photoreceptor structure and restores vision in NPHP5-associated Leber congenital amaurosis
Published in Molecular therapy (04-08-2021)“…The inherited childhood blindness caused by mutations in NPHP5, a form of Leber congenital amaurosis, results in abnormal development, dysfunction, and…”
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Inhibitor of apoptosis-stimulating protein of p53 (iASPP) is required for neuronal survival after axonal injury
Published in PloS one (01-04-2014)“…The transcription factor p53 mediates the apoptosis of post-mitotic neurons exposed to a wide range of stress stimuli. The apoptotic activity of p53 is tightly…”
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