An Optimized Lentiviral Vector Efficiently Corrects the Human Sickle Cell Disease Phenotype

Autologous transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells transduced with a lentiviral vector (LV) expressing an anti-sickling HBB variant is a potential treatment for sickle cell disease (SCD). With a clinical trial as our ultimate goal, we generated LV constructs containing an anti-sickling HBB trans...

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Main Authors: Leslie Weber, Valentina Poletti, Elisa Magrin, Chiara Antoniani, Samia Martin, Charles Bayard, Hanem Sadek, Tristan Felix, Vasco Meneghini, Michael N. Antoniou, Wassim El-Nemer, Fulvio Mavilio, Marina Cavazzana, Isabelle Andre-Schmutz, Annarita Miccio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2329050118300767