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CENTER FOR FETAL MONKEY GENE TRANSFER FOR
HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD DISEASES
 
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Annual Gene Therapy Symposium
California National Primate Research Center
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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American Society of Gene Therapy
UC Davis UC Davis School of Medicine
 
Funded Projects
 

   2001-2002

  • Pre and postnatal AAV delivery in a primate model
  • In vivo tropism of novel lentiviral envelope pseudotypes in fetal primates
  • Gene transfer into blood stem cells of the fetal monkey
  • Expression of factor IX and VIII genes following transduction of fetal tissue by lentiviral vectors

   2002-2003

  • Engraftment and tolerance induction in utero in fetal rhesus monkeys
  • Expression of SIN lentiviral vectors carrying the ß-globin expression cassette in nonhuman primates
  • Expression of acid alpha-glucosidase in primate diaphragm after direct in utero delivery of recombinant AAV type 1
  • Recombinant human parvovirus vector-mediated gene transfer in fetal monkeys

   2003-2004

  • Fetal gene therapy using a non-viral Sleeping Beauty transposon delivery system
  • Monkey gene transfer in HSCs by using a site-specific integrase
  • Stem cell engraftment in the fetal lung
  • In utero coagulation factor gene transfer
  • TGF-ß1 viral transgene misexpression in monkey lung

   2004-2005

  • Systemic gene transfer in late gestation or in newborn nonhuman primates - Implications for the treatment of metabolic disease in infancy
  • Gene transfer for hemophilia in nonhuman primates using viral and nonviral vectors
  • Induction of tolerance to a foreign protein in the monkey HSCT model
  • Direct injection of recombinant lentivector into neonatal primates for correction of lysosomal storage disorders
  • Engraftment of endothelial stem cells in the fetal monkey
  • Imaging stem cell selection during fetal and neonatal development

   2005-2006

  • Tolerance induction in fetal rhesus monkeys
  • Novel approaches for engraftment after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • In vivo transduction by intravenous injection of lentiviral vector expressing human ADA; Potential novel therapy for ADA enzyme replacement
  • Neonatal gene therapy for hemophilia B in rhesus macaques
  • Evaluation of chimeric AAV vector for heart and liver tropic delivery
  • Pre-clinical in utero and newborn gene transfer in nonhuman primates for hemophilia using AAV vectors

   2006-2007

  • In vivo transduction by intravenous injection of a lentiviral vector expressing Adenosine Deaminase (ADA):  A novel therapy for ADA-deficient SCID
  • Non-invasive assessment of gene transfer in newborn nonhuman primates-Implications for treatment of neuromuscular disorders in infancy
  • Analysis of mesenchymal stem cell trafficking to bone and differentiation to osteoblasts in utero
  • IL-7 gene therapy of mesenchymal stem cells and post-transplant immune reconstitution

   2007-2008

  • Early AAV-mediated gene therapy for genetic disorders: A pilot study in nonhuman primates
  • Neonatal gene therapy for hemophilia A in rhesus macaques
  • Induction of tolerance to transgene products by immunoablative conditioning prior to gene transfer/bone marrow transplantation
 



 

 
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