Abstract
Gene therapy has become a promising strategy to treat the genetic disorders of central nervous system (CNS). In the last five decades the development and characterization of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) as a safe and effective vector for gene delivery has revolutionized this field. Development of rAAV with better efficacy and selectivity for the CNS has resulted in increasingly successful preclinical and clinical applications. This chapter provides an overview of AAV-mediated CNS gene therapy, including discovery and engineering of novel AAV capsids, advances in preclinical models of genetic disorders, and clinical translation of AAV technology.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Rosenberg’s Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disease |
Subtitle of host publication | Volume 1 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 129-144 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128139554 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Keywords
- AAV
- Capsid engineering
- Central nervous system
- Gene therapy
- Rare genetic disorders
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine