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Recent advances in lentiviral vectors for gene therapy.

Authors :
Wang X
Ma C
Rodríguez Labrada R
Qin Z
Xu T
He Z
Wei Y
Source :
Science China. Life sciences [Sci China Life Sci] 2021 Nov; Vol. 64 (11), pp. 1842-1857. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 14.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Lentiviral vectors (LVs), derived from human immunodeficiency virus, are powerful tools for modifying the genes of eukaryotic cells such as hematopoietic stem cells and neural cells. With the extensive and in-depth studies on this gene therapy vehicle over the past two decades, LVs have been widely used in both research and clinical trials. For instance, third-generation and self-inactive LVs have been used to introduce a gene with therapeutic potential into the host genome and achieve targeted delivery into specific tissue. When LVs are employed in leukemia, the transduced T cells recognize and kill the tumor B cells; in β-thalassemia, the transduced CD34 <superscript>+</superscript> cells express normal β-globin; in adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency, the autologous CD34 <superscript>+</superscript> cells express adenosine deaminase and realize immune reconstitution. Overall, LVs can perform significant roles in the treatment of primary immunodeficiency diseases, hemoglobinopathies, B cell leukemia, and neurodegenerative diseases. In this review, we discuss the recent developments and therapeutic applications of LVs. The safe and efficient LVs show great promise as a tool for human gene therapy.<br /> (© 2021. Science China Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1869-1889
Volume :
64
Issue :
11
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Science China. Life sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
34708326
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-1952-5