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SUBMITTER: Singh S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5363182 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Singh Swati S Khan Iram I Khim Socheath S Seymour Brenda B Sommer Karen K Wielgosz Matthew M Norgaard Zachary Z Kiem Hans-Peter HP Adair Jennifer J Liggitt Denny D Nienhuis Arthur A Rawlings David J DJ
Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development 20161218
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a life-threatening immunodeficiency caused by mutations within the <i>WAS</i> gene. Viral gene therapy to restore WAS protein (WASp) expression in hematopoietic cells of patients with WAS has the potential to improve outcomes relative to the current standard of care, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. However, the development of viral vectors that are both safe and effective has been problematic. While use of viral transcriptional promoters may increase the ...[more]