Abstract
The clinical application of ex vivo gene edited cell therapies first began a decade ago with zinc finger nuclease editing of autologous CD4+ T-cells. Editing aimed to disrupt expression of the human immunodeficiency virus co-receptor gene CCR5, with the goal of yielding cells resistant to viral entry, prior to re-infusion into the patient. Since then the field has substantially evolved with the arrival of the new editing technologies transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), and the potential benefits of gene editing in the arenas of immuno-oncology and blood disorders were quickly recognised. As the breadth of cell therapies available clinically continues to rise there is growing interest in allogeneic and off-the-shelf approaches and multiplex editing strategies are increasingly employed. We review here the latest clinical trials utilising these editing technologies and consider the applications on the horizon.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-22 |
| Journal | Clinical and Translational Medicine |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| Publication status | Published - 7 Feb 2020 |
Keywords
- cell therapy
- clinical trial
- CRISPR-Cas9
- Oncology
- TALEN
- Zinc finger nuclease
- HIV
