| Literature DB >> 16511518 |
A C Bester1, M Schwartz, M Schmidt, A Garrigue, S Hacein-Bey-Abina, M Cavazzana-Calvo, N Ben-Porat, C Von Kalle, A Fischer, B Kerem.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16511518 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302752
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gene Ther ISSN: 0969-7128 Impact factor: 5.250