NIH R01 · 2025
Dissecting AAV silencing in humanized mice
PROJECT SUMMARY The liver has emerged as a promising target for expressing therapeutic transgenes utilizing Adeno-Associated Viral (AAV) vector-mediated delivery. Despite numerous clinical trials and continued progress several challenges have been identified for AAV gene therapy. In this proposal we will dissect a major clinical hurdle, e.g. AAV transgene silencing in the human liver and molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. To achieve such, we first propose to utilize and characterize a novel humanized liver model, which will allow precise and selective interrogation of the mechanisms underlying AAV transgene silencing in normal as well as diseased human hepatocytes in vivo. The…
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