Cited by 173Virus-based gene therapy researchNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders ResearchRNA Interference and Gene Delivery

A single intravenous injection of adeno-associated virus serotype-9 leads to whole body skeletal muscle transduction in dogs

Open access
Yue, Yongping, Ghosh, Arkasubhra, Long, Chun, Bostick, Brian, Smith, Bruce F, Kornegay, Joe N, Duan, Dongsheng·2008·Molecular Therapy

Abstract

The success of many gene therapy applications hinges on efficient whole body transduction. In the case of muscular dystrophies, a therapeutic vector has to reach every muscle in the body. Recent studies suggest that vectors based on adeno-associated virus (AAV) are capable of body-wide transduction in rodents. However, translating this finding to large animals remains a challenge. Here we explored systemic gene delivery with AAV serotype-9 (AAV-9) in neonatal dogs. Previous attempts to directly deliver AAV to adult canine muscle have yielded minimal transduction due to a strong cellular immune response. However, in neonatal dogs we observed robust skeletal muscle transduction throughout the body after a single intravenous injection. Importantly, systemic transduction was achieved in the absence of pharmacological intervention or immune suppression and it lasted for at least 6 months (the duration of study). We also observed several unique features not predicted by murine studies. In particular, cardiac muscle was barely transduced in dogs. Many muscular dystrophy patients can be identified by neonatal screening. The technology described here may lead to an effective early intervention in these patients.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1038/mt.2008.207

Cites

41 of 41 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Yue, Y., Ghosh, A., Long, C., Bostick, B., Smith, B. F., Kornegay, J. N., & Duan, D.
Affiliations
  • University of Missouri (US)
  • Auburn University (US)
Corresponding author
Duan, Dongsheng
Venue
Molecular Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-12
Volume
16
Issue
12
Pages
1944-1952
ISSN
1525-0016 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2001979917
Cited by
173
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 12
FWCI
10.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Molecular Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R21NS062934, NS-62934)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R21AR057209, AR49419, AR 57209, R01AR049419)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
Keywords
AAV9, skeletal muscle, systemic gene delivery, intravenous injection, neonatal dogs, muscular dystrophy, early intervention, cell-mediated immunity, large animal model
MeSH terms
Dependovirus, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Dogs, Genetic Vectors, Injections, Intravenous, Microcirculation, Muscle, Skeletal, Transgenes

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review