Abstract
Following gene therapy of SCID-X1 using murine leukemia virus (MLV) derived vector, two patients developed leukemia owing to an activating vector integration near the LMO2 gene. We found that these integrations reside within FRA11E, a common fragile site known to correlate with chromosomal breakpoints in tumors. Further analysis showed that fragile sites attract a nonrandom number of MLV integrations, shedding light on its integration mechanism and risk-to-benefit ratio in gene therapy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1057-1059 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Gene Therapy |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2006 |
Keywords
- Fragile sites
- LMO2
- Leukemia
- Viral integration