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Uncovering and dissecting the genotoxicity of self-inactivating lentiviral vectors in vivo.

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It is found that oncogene activation by promoter insertion is the most powerful mechanism of early vector-induced oncogenesis and this mechanism becomes predominant when the enhancer activity of the internal promoter is shielded by the presence of a synthetic chromatin insulator cassette.
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This article is published in Molecular Therapy.The article was published on 2014-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 142 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Insertional mutagenesis & Carcinogenesis.

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Clinical use of lentiviral vectors.

TL;DR: Three-generation, self-inactivating lentiviral vectors have recently been used in multiple clinical trials to introduce genes into hematopoietic stem cells to correct primary immunodeficiencies and hemoglobinopathies and long-term follow-up of patients treated with gene therapy products.
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Viral vector platforms within the gene therapy landscape

TL;DR: Viral vector-based gene therapy has seen a wave of drugs based on viral vectors that have gained regulatory approval that come in a variety of designs and purposes as discussed by the authors, such as vector based cancer therapies, to treating monogenic diseases with life-altering outcomes.
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy: Progress and Lessons Learned

TL;DR: The use of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells to treat genetic blood cell diseases has become a clinical standard but is limited by the availability of suitable matched donors and potential immunologic complications, so gene therapy using autologous HSCs should be safer.
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Viral vectors for therapy of neurologic diseases.

TL;DR: An overview of the current state and advances in the field of viral vector-mediated gene therapy for neurological disorders is provided, as well as preclinical and clinical progress made thus far for brain cancer and various neurodegenerative and neurometabolic disorders.
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Gene Therapy of the β-Hemoglobinopathies by Lentiviral Transfer of the βA(T87Q)-Globin Gene

TL;DR: Proof-of-principle of efficacy and safety has already been obtained in multiple patients with β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease, and βAT87Q-globin is used both as a strong inhibitor of HbS polymerization and as a biomarker.
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TL;DR: It is shown that sustained BRAFV600E expression in human melanocytes induces cell cycle arrest, which is accompanied by the induction of both p16INK4a and senescence-associated acidic β-galactosidase (SA-β-Gal) activity, a commonly usedsenescence marker.
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Cellular Senescence in Cancer and Aging

TL;DR: Cellular senescence, a state of irreversible growth arrest, can be triggered by multiple mechanisms including telomere shortening, the epigenetic derepression of the INK4a/ARF locus, and DNA damage, and together these mechanisms limit excessive or aberrant cellular proliferation.
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Pten is essential for embryonic development and tumour suppression.

TL;DR: The notion that PTEN haploinsufficiency plays a causal role in CD, LDD and BZS pathogenesis is supported, and it is demonstrated that Pten is a tumour suppressor essential for embryonic development.
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