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2021 Gene and Cell Therapy Calendar - Vigene Biosciences
2021 Gene and Cell Therapy Calendar - Vigene Biosciences
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              igene Biosciences, an award-winning world leader in plasmid and
              viral vector development and manufacturing, wishes you a healthy
              and prosperous 2021.
                  This 2021 calendar contains figures and tables that have been
carefully selected by Vigene from gene and cell therapy articles, all reprinted with
permission from Springer Nature.
  We hope that it will be a useful reference for researchers in the gene and cell
therapy field. Vigene Bioscience has been ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of
the fastest growing companies in the USA for the past three years. Vigene offers
integrated plasmid and viral vector production and analytical services from
its 71,000 sq ft state-of-the-art facility which includes 10 Good Manufacturing
Practice (GMP) clean-room suites. Vigene’s mission is to make gene therapy
affordable. On the basic research side, Vigene is developing, manufacturing, and
distributing adeno-associated virus (AAV), lentivirus, retrovirus, adenovirus, and
plasmid-based reagents including Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)/
Janelia Research Campus AAV Biosensors. On the cGMP clinical production
side, Vigene combines proven production technologies with rigorous, regulatory
compliant cGMP production processes to meet the needs and expectations of
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Viral Vector        Genome Size               Infec on            Expression         Pote     a           ons
                                                                                         onal mutagenesis
Retrovirus          7-11 kb (ssRNA)        Dividing cells           Stable
                                                                                    poten al

                                           Dividing & non-                               onal mutagenesis
Len virus           9 kb (ssRNA)                                    Stable
                                           dividing cells                           poten al

                                           Dividing & non-
Adenovirus          36 kb (dsDNA)                                   Transient       Immune response
                                           dividing cells

Adeno-
                                           Dividing & non-
associated          4.7 kb (ssDNA)                                  long las ng Immune response
                                           dividing cells
Virus, AAV

Herpes Simplex                             Dividing & non-                          No gene expression
               150 kb (dsDNA)                                       Transient
Virus, HSV                                 dividing cells                           during latent infec on

                                                                                    Pote al cytopathic
Vaccinia virus      190 kb (dsDNA)         Dividing cells           Transient
                                                                                    effects

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                                             JANUARY
                                              FRIDAY
                                                                  2021
                                                            SATURDAY               SUNDAY

                                              1             2                      3

4           5         6           7           8             9                      10

11          12        13          14          15            16                     17

18          19        20          21          22            23                     24

25          26        27          28          29            30                     31

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Transmission electron microscopy of rAAV. It is clear that full particles (open arrow)
 stain differently from empty particles (darkly stained center; small dark arrow).
 Viewing numerous fields similar to this will allow determination of the full-to-empty
 particle ratio. (Figure 8, Nature Protocols 1, 1412–1428 (2006))
                                   Figure reprinted with permission from Springer Nature

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MONDAY         TUESDAY   WEDNESDAY
                                            FEBRUARY
                                     THURSDAY   FRIDAY
                                                              2021
                                                         SATURDAY           SUNDAY

1              2         3           4          5        6                  7

8              9         10          11         12       13                 14

15             16        17          18         19       20                 21

22             23        24          25         26       27                 28

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ITR                                                                                             ITR   AAV vector packaging
                                                                                                                         (4.5-kb capacity
                                                                                                                         without engineering)
                                         Promoter                Therapeutic transgene         Poly(A)
                         5′                                                                               3′ OH
                                                                                                                                              Recombinant
                                                                                                                                               AAV virion

                                          • Screen for and                                                               Use of dual vectors that take
                 • Mutation of ITRs                               • Codon optimization
Engineering                                 use small, strong,                                                           advantage of:
                   to generate self-                                via codon usage bias   • Synthetic poly(A)
approach                                    tissue-specific                                                              • AAV genome concatemerization
                   complementary                                  • Interference of        • Reversed poly(A)
                                            promoters and                                                                • Homologous recombination
                   AAV intermediates                                antigen presentation
                                            enhancer elements                                                            • A hybrid dual-vector strategy
                                                                                                                         • Intein-mediated protein
                                          • Increases                                      • Enhances                      trans-splicing technology
                                            tissue-specific                                  polyadenylation             Cross-packaging of an AAV
                 • Omits need               transcription         • Increases              • Minimizes kilobases of      genome
Positive
                   for second-              of transgene            transcription            DNA taken up by poly(A)
effect on
                   strand synthesis       • Minimizes               and translation of     • Avoids rolling circle
transduction
                   of ssDNA                 kilobases of DNA        the transgene            transcription and Pol II
                                            taken up by                                      jumping (between            • Increases size of transgene that
                                            promoter                                         concatamers)                  can be packaged

                                                                  • Decreases innate
Positive
                 • Decreases                                        immune response        • Decreases innate
effect on                                 • Decreases CTL
                   innate immune                                    to AAV                   immune response
immune                                      response to AAV
                   response to AAV                                • Reduces CTL              to AAV
response
                                                                    response

Engineering the AAV cassette. The adeno-associated virus (AAV) cassette can be engineered to enhance AAV transduction and also to enable AAV to
escape immune responses. Mutation of one inverted terminal repeat (ITR) on the AAV vector, which prevents the nicking of Rep protein, can generate
self-complementary AAV vector to enhance vector transduction. Mutation of ITRs may also decrease the innate response to AAV. Use of small
tissue-specific promoters increases tissue-specific transgene expression and the packaging capacity of the AAV genome and minimizes the cytotoxic
T lymphocyte (CTL) immune response to AAV. Optimization of transgene codons increases the transcription and translation of the AAV transgene
and decreases the immune response to AAV. Using synthetic poly(A) can increase the nuclear export, translation and stability of mRNA (by enhancing
polyadenylation), and using reversed poly(A) can avoid the transcription of ITR; both approaches enhance AAV transduction, and reversed poly(A)
decreases the innate response to AAV. Finally, the use of dual AAV vectors or the cross-packaging of the AAV genome enables effective and functional
expression of large transgenes. Pol II, DNA polymerase II; ssDNA, single-stranded DNA. (Figure 2, Nature Reviews Genetics 21, 255–272 (2020))
                                                                                                   Figure reprinted with permission from Springer Nature

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MONDAY         TUESDAY   WEDNESDAY   THURSDAY
                                                MARCH
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                                                                2021
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1              2         3           4          5          6                     7

8              9         10          11         12         13                    14

15             16        17          18         19         20                    21

22             23        24          25         26         27                    28

29             30        31

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TABLE 1: AAV PRODUCTION OPTIONS
Pros and cons of various recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) manufacturing strategies. rAAV cannot replicate
without a helper virus, and early manufacturing efforts entailed coinfection of host cells with adenovirus or herpesvirus. Newer
strategies replace these with plasmids containing key helper virus genes, or combine all necessary genetic elements into an
insect cell-specific baculovirus vector. Production is most efficient in free-floating suspension cells, but substrate-attached
adherent cell lines can also achieve reasonable viral output.

AAV MANUFACTURING                KEY                      KEY                              PRODUCTION CELL LINE CHOICES
TECHNOLOGY                       STRENGTHS                DRAWBACKS
                                                                                          ADHERENT                SUSPENSION

                                                     • Helper virus
                                • Highly scalable      contamination
                                • Serum-free media • Long lead time for cell           HEK293/293T             HEK293/293T-s
   Helper virus                 • Efficient            line and virus seed
                                  production in        generation                      HeLa                    HeLa-s
                                  suspension culture • May require serum-
                                                       containing media

                                                       • May require serum-
                                • No helper virus        containing media
                                  contamination        • Large proportion of
   Helper-free triple
                                • Rapidly produce        empty capsids                 HEK293/293T             HEK293/293T-s
   transfection
                                  virus in small scale • Supply of plasmids for
                                • Simple procedure       large-scale production
                                                         can be costly

                                                        • Baculovirus virus
                                • Highly scalable         contamination
                                  Serum-free media
                                                     • Baculovirus instability
   Baculovirus                  • Efficient                                                     —                       sf9
                                  production in      • Long lead time for cell
                                  suspension culture   line and virus seed
                                                       generation

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                                             FRIDAY
                                                           2021
                                                      SATURDAY             SUNDAY

                                  1          2        3                    4

5           6         7           8          9        10                   11

12          13        14          15         16       17                   18

19          20        21          22         23       24                   25

26          27        28          29         30

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Target cell

                                                                                            Virus-mediated transduction is a
                                                                                            useful tool to generate various
                                                                                            types of next-generation stem cells

                                                                                                                                          Virus as a key tool
                                                                                                                                          Click chemistry
                                                                                                                                          Nuclease or AAV-based gene editing

                                                a Prodrug-converting enzymes                 b Optogenetic actuator-embedded             c CAR-expressing HSCs or
                                                  or oncolytic virus delivery via              stem cell derivative                        PSC-derived NK cells
                                                  tumour-homing NSCs/MSCs                                                                                           CAR

                                                               Stem cell

                                                        Oncolytic virus
                                                 particles (or prodrug-
                                                  converting enzymes)

                                                                                                                                  e Cytokine/growth factor-overexpressing
                                                                                                                                    stem cells to enhance endogenous repair

                                                d Gene therapy of stem cells to provide
                                                  long-term functional compensation
                                                  for disease-causing, inherited mutation

                                                f Improved delivery of anticancer                                                 g Gene editing tools can be used to knock
                                                  agents to sites of action using click                                             out expression of HLA genes to reduce the
                                                  chemistry to tether them to stem cells                                            immunogenicity of allogeneic stem cells

                                                                             Azide
                                                                                DBCO
                                                         HSC

                                                                               Platelet
                                                                               Anti-PD-L1

The stem cell toolkit and its application in developing next-generation stem cells. Virus-mediated transduction of stem cells (target cell), particularly with self-inactivating lentiviruses,
is a useful tool for the creation/development of next-generation stem cells. Viruses can be used to engineer: prodrug-converting enzymes, oncolytic viruses and other anticancer drugs
into neural stem cells (NSCs) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) (part a); optogenetically enhanced stem cell derivatives to provide light-inducible control over the activity of trans-
planted stem cells/progenitors (part b); chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-expressing haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived natural killer (NK) cells
for immune-oncology applications (part c); gene therapy in HSC, skin and muscle progenitors to treat inherited diseases (part d); and cytokine/growth factor delivery in MSCs/neural
progenitors to stimulate endogenous tissue repair (part e). Click chemistry is another engineering tool that can be used to tether anticancer agents to stem cells for improved delivery to
hard-to-reach cancers, such as leukaemia cells residing deep in the bone marrow (part f). Advances in gene editing technology have made this a versatile tool to precisely edit specific
loci within the genome, and gene editing technology has become the tool of choice for the creation/development of universally immunocompatible PSC lines and derivatives (part g).
Several of these next-generation stem cell-based therapies have already reached clinical testing, whereas others in preclinical development are not far behind. AAV, adeno-associated
virus; DBCO, dibenzocyclooctyne; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; PD-L1, programmed cell death protein 1 ligand. (Figure 1, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 19, 463–479 (2020))
                                                                                                                                                             Figure reprinted with permission from Springer Nature

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                                                  MAY
                                             FRIDAY
                                                           2021
                                                      SATURDAY           SUNDAY

                                                      1                  2

3        4            5           6          7        8                  9

10       11           12          13         14       15                 16

17       18           19          20         21       22                 23

24       25           26          27         28       29                 30

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Oncolytic                                                                      Cytokine
                          virus                                                                          receptors
                                                            Release/
                                                            secrete
                     Infection             Cancer cell                                                                                  NK cell

                                                                                                                       Cytotoxicity
                                  • Viral proteins
                                  • Viral genome

                                                                                                                        CD8+ T cell
                                   • ER stress
                                                                   ROS                                   Cytokine
                                   • Genotoxic stress
                                                                                                         receptors                      IL-2R
                                                                                                                       Cytotoxicity
                                                                                                                                                  IL-2

                                                                       Viral
                                                                       oncolysis           ROS

                                 Release                 Release                                                CD28                  TCR
                                                                                                                                                           CD4+ T cell

                                                                               Antigen
                                                                               uptake
                                                                                                                        MHC MHC             CD40L
                                                                                                   TLR
                   PAMPs                        DAMPs              Cytokines
                   • Viral capsids              • HSPs             • Type I interferons
                   • Viral DNA                  • HMGB1            • TNFα                                Activation                   CD40
                   • Viral dsRNA/ssRNA          • Calreticulin     • IFNγ                                                                                TCR
                   • Viral proteins             • ATP              • IL-12
                                                • Uric acid
                                                                                                                                            MHC
                           • Type I IFNs                      • Type I IFNs               DAMPs/
                           • DAMPs/PAMPs                      • Cytokines                 PAMPs

                           • Viral antigens                   • CD80/CD86
                           • TAAs/neoantigens                 • Chemokine receptors
                                                                                                          Antigen presenting cell

The induction of local and systemic anti-tumour immunity by oncolytic viruses. The therapeutic efficacy of oncolytic viruses is determined by a combination of direct cancer
cell lysis and indirect activation of anti-tumour immune responses. Upon infection with an oncolytic virus, cancer cells initiate an antiviral response that consists of endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) and genotoxic stress. This response leads to the upregulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the initiation of antiviral cytokine production. ROS and
cytokines, specifically type I interferons (IFNs), are released from the infected cancer cell and stimulate immune cells (antigen presenting cells, CD8+ T cells, and natural killer
(NK) cells). Subsequently, the oncolytic virus causes oncolysis, which releases viral progeny, pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), danger-associated molecular
pattern signals (DAMPs), and tumour associated antigens (TAAs) including neo-antigens. The release of viral progeny propagates the infection with the oncolytic virus. The
PAMPs (consisting of viral particles) and DAMPs (comprising host cell proteins) stimulate the immune system by triggering activating receptors such as Toll-like receptors
(TLRs). In the context of the resulting immune-stimulatory environment, TAAs and neo-antigens are released and taken up by antigen presenting cells. Collectively, these events
result in the generation of immune responses against virally infected cancer cells, as well as de novo immune responses against TAAs/neo-antigens displayed on un-infected
cancer cells. CD40L, CD40 ligand; dsRNA, double-stranded RNA; HMGB1, high mobility group box 1; HSP, heat shock protein; IL-2, interleukin-2; IL-2R, IL-2 receptor; MHC, major
histocompatibility complex; ssRNA, single-stranded RNA; TCR, T cell receptor; TNFα, tumour necrosis factor-α. (Figure 2, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 14, 642–662 (2015))
                                                                                                                             Figure reprinted with permission from Springer Nature

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                                             FRIDAY
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                                                      SATURDAY         SUNDAY

            1         2           3          4        5                6

7           8         9           10         11       12               13

14          15        16          17         18       19               20

21          22        23          24         25       26               27

28          29        30

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Table 1 | Properties
Properties  and clinical
                     anduse  of AAV
                         clinical use serotypes
                                      of AAV serotypes
AAV             Origin of       Primary           Co-receptor                  Tissue tropism             Condition                               Approved drug
serotype        isolation       receptor                                                                  (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier)
AAV1            Monkey          Sialic acid       AAVR                         Muscle, CNS, heart         Muscle diseases (NCT01519349) None
                                                                                                          Heart failure (NCT01643330)
                                                                                                          AAT deficiency (NCT01054339,
                                                                                                          NCT00430768)
AAV2            Human           Heparin           Integrin, FGFR , HGFR,       Liver, CNS, muscle         Eye diseases (NCT00643747)              Luxturna for Leber
                                                  LamR, AAVR                                                                                      congenital amaurosis
                                                                                                          Haemophilia (NCT00515710)
                                                                                                          CNS diseases (NCT00400634)
                                                                                                          AAT deficiency (NCT00377416)
AAV3            Human           Heparin           FGFR , HGFR LamR,            Muscle, stem cells         No trials underway                      None
                                                  AAVR
AAV4            Monkey          Sialic acid       Unknown                      Eye, CNS                   Eye diseases (NCT01496040)              None
AAV5            Human           Sialic acid       PDGFR, AAVR                  CNS, lung, eye             Haemophilia (NCT03520712)               None
                                                                                                          Eye diseases (NCT02781480)
                                                                                                          AIP (NCT02082860)
AAV6            Human           Heparin,          EGFR , AAVR                  Muscle, CNS, heart,        Haemophilia (NCT03061201)               None
                                sialic acid                                    lung
                                                                                                          CNS diseases (NCT02702115)
AAV7            Monkey          Unknown           Unknown                      Muscle, CNS                No trials underway                      None
AAV8            Monkey          Unknown           LamR, AAVR                   Liver, muscle,             Eye diseases (NCT03066258)              None
                                                                               pancreas, CNS
                                                                                                          Haemophilia (NCT00979238)
                                                                                                          Muscle diseases (NCT03199469)
AAV9            Human           Galactose         LamR, AAVR                   Every tissue               CNS diseases (NCT02122952)              Zolgensma for spinal
                                                                                                                                                  muscular atrophy
                                                                                                          Muscle diseases (NCT03362502)
AAV10           Monkey          Unknown           Unknown                      Muscle                     No trials underway                      None
AAV11           Monkey          Unknown           Unknown                      Unknown                    No trials underway                      None
AAV12           Human           Unknown           Unknown                      Nasal                      No trials underway                      None
 AAT,α1-antitrypsin; AAV, adeno-associated virus; AAVR, AAV receptor; AIP, acute intermittent porphyria; CNS, central nervous system; EGFR, epidermal growth factor
AAT,  α1-antitrypsin; AAV, adeno-associated virus; AAVR, AAV receptor; AIP, acute intermittent porphyria; CNS, central nervous system; EGFR,
 receptor ; FGFR , fibroblast growth factor receptor ; HGFR, hepatocyte growth factor receptor ; LamR, laminin receptor 1; PDGFR , platelet-derived growth factor receptor.
epidermal growth factor receptor; FGFR, fibroblast growth factor receptor; HGFR, hepatocyte growth factor receptor; LamR, laminin receptor 1;
PDGFR, platelet-derived growth factor receptor. (Table 1, Nature Reviews Genetics 21, 255–272 (2020))
                                                                                                               Table reprinted with permission from Springer Nature

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                                  1          2           3                      4

5           6         7           8          9           10                     11

12          13        14          15         16          17                     18

19          20        21          22         23          24                     25

26          27        28          29         30          31

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Table 1 Example
 Example of characterization   testing
                 of characterization     for for
                                     testing  an an
                                                 HEK293
                                                    HEK293master
                                                           master cell bank
                                                                  cell bank

 Test                                                            M et hod                                              S pecifi cat ion

 Microbial
   Fo r m icr o b ia l co n t a m in a t io n                    Tr a n s m is s io n e le ct r o n m icr o s co p y   No viruses, virus-like particles, mycoplasmas,
                                                                                                                       fungi, yeasts, bacteria
    Bacteriostatic/fungistatic activity of test article          Four media, direct inoculation                        No bacterial and fungal activity
    Bacterial and fungal contaminants                            Four media, direct inoculation                        Negative
    Agar cultivable and noncultivable mycoplasmas                1993 points to consider                               Negative

 General viruses
   Inapparent viruses                                            In vivo                                               Not detected
   Viral contaminants                                            In vitro assay for the presence of                    Not detected
                                                                 viral contaminants

 Specific human viruses
   CM V                                                          PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   EBV                                                           PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   H AV                                                          RT-P C R                                              N e g a t iv e
   H BV                                                          PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   H CV                                                          RT-P C R                                              N e g a t iv e
   H H V-6                                                       PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   H H V-7                                                       PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   H H V-8                                                       PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   H IV-1/ 2                                                     PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   H u m a n p a r v o v ir u s B19                              PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   H TLV I/ II                                                   PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   Re t r o v ir u s e s                                         Q -P ERT                                              < 5.0 10            7
                                                                                                                                               U ml     1

 Specific simian viruses
   SFV                                                           PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   SRV                                                           RT-P C R                                              N e g a t iv e
   STLV                                                          PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e
   SV40                                                          PCR                                                   N e g a t iv e

 Other specific viruses
   Bovine viruses                                                In vitro assay for the presence of                    Not detected
                                                                 bovine viruses (9CFR)
    Porcine viruses                                              In vitro assay for the presence of                    Not detected
                                                                 porcine viruses (9CFR)

 Identity
   C e ll id e n t ifi ca t io n                                 Is o e n z y m e a n a ly s is                        Is o e n z y m e m i g r a t i o n d i s t a n c e s c o n s i s t e n t
                                                                                                                       with cells of human origin

Abbreviations:   CFR, Code
 Abbreviations: CFR,            of Federal
                          Code of          Regulations;CMV,
                                   Federal Regulations;     CMV,cytomegalovirus;
                                                                  cytomegalovirus;     EBV,
                                                                                    EBV,     Epstein–Barr
                                                                                         Epstein–Barr      virus;
                                                                                                       virus; HAV,HAV,  hepatitis
                                                                                                                     hepatitis      A virus;
                                                                                                                               A virus;   HBV,HBV,    hepatitis
                                                                                                                                                hepatitis B     B virus;
HCV,
 virus;hepatitis C virus;
        HCV, hepatitis       HHV,HHV,
                          C virus;  human   herpes
                                         human       virus;
                                                 herpes      HIV-1/2,
                                                         virus;        human
                                                                HIV-1/2,       immunodeficiency
                                                                           human  immunodeficiency virus
                                                                                                     virus types
                                                                                                           types 11 and 2; HTLV
                                                                                                                    and 2;  HTLV I/II,
                                                                                                                                    I/II, human    T-cell lymphotropic
                                                                                                                                          human T-cell
virus types I and
 lymphotropic  virusII;types
                        SFV,Isimian   foamy
                              and II; SFV,   virus;foamy
                                           simian    SRV, virus;
                                                           simian  retroviruses;
                                                                 SRV,              STLV, simian
                                                                       simian retroviruses; STLV,T-lymphotropic     virus; virus;
                                                                                                  simian T-lymphotropic    SV40,SV40,
                                                                                                                                   simian    virusvirus
                                                                                                                                          simian    40. 40.
                                                                                                                                                        US Dept Health
 US DeptServices,
Human     Health Human
                     Food andServices, Food and Drug Administration.
                                 Drug Administration     23
                                                                          23
                                                           . (Table 1, Gene Therapy 15, 840–848 (2008))
                                                                                                               Table reprinted with permission from Springer Nature

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                                           AUGUST
                                            FRIDAY
                                                              2021
                                                        SATURDAY                SUNDAY

                                                                                1

2        3         4            5           6           7                       8

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Table     BCMABCMA
      1 Selected CAR-T trialstrials.
                     CAR-T
Institution/            Vector/co-stimulatory domain                 BCMA positivity requirement        No of patients Median prior lines Efficacy             Safety
developer                                                                                                              (range)            ORR*/PFS            CRS/ICANS
                                                                                                                                          (months)

NCI                     γ-retrovirus/CD28                            >50%                               24             9 (3–13)           81%/7.2             94% (38% grade ≥ 3)/NE
UPenn                   Lentivirus/4–1BB                             Not required                       25             7 (3–13)           Cohort 1 44%/2.2 88% (32% grade ≥ 3)/32%
                                                                                                                                          Cohort 2 20%/1.9 (12% grade ≥ 3)
                                                                                                                                          Cohort 3 64%/4.2
Bb2121                  Lentivirus/4-1BB                             ≥50% in dose escalation, NR in     33             7 (3–14)           85%/11.8            70% (6% grade ≥ 3)/42%
                                                                     dose expansion                                    8 (3–23)                               (3.3% grade ≥ 3)
Bb21217                 Lentivirus/4-1BB; PI3K inh during in vivo    >50%                               22             7 (4–17)           83%/NR              59% (4.5% grade ≥ 3)/22%
                        expansion                                                                                                                             (9% grade≥3)
LCAR-B38 M              Lentivirus/41-BB                             Required                           57             3 (1–9)            88%/15              90% (grade 3 ≥ 7%)/2%
LCAR-B38M               Lentivirus/4-1BB                             Required                           17             4 (3–11)           88%/NR              100% (grade ≥ 3 35%)/NR
Poseida (P-BCMA 101) PiggyBAC/4-1BB                                  Not required                       23             6 (3–11)           63%/NR              9.5%/4.8% (grade ≥ 3 4.8%)
JCARH125                Lentivirus/4-1BB                             Not required                       44             7 (3–23)           82%/NR              80% (9% grade ≥ 3)/25%
                                                                                                                                                              (grade ≥ 3 7%)
MCARH171                Retrovirus/4-1BB/tEGFR                       Required                           11             6 (4–14)           64%/NR              60% (20% grade ≥ 3)/NR
Han et al               Lentivirus/4-1BB/Alpaca VHH                  Not required                       16             10 (NR)            100%/NR             NR (12.5% grade ≥ 3)/NR
FCARH143                Lentivirus/4-1BB/tEGFR                       ≥5%                                 7             8 (6–11)           100%/NR             86%/0%
CARTITUDE-1             Lentivirus/4-1BB                             Not required                       25             5 (3–16)           91%/NR              80% (8% grade ≥ 3)/12%
                                                                                                                                                              (4% grade ≥ 3)
CT053                   Lentivirus/4-1BB                             ≥50%                               16             NR                 100%/NR             18% (6% grade ≥ 3)/NR
CT103                   Lentivirus/4-1BB                             NR                                 16             4 (3–5)            100%/NR             100% (37.5% grade ≥ 3)/0%
Cowan et al             Lentivirus/4-1BB                             Required                            8             10 (4–23)          100%/NR             100%/70%
                        GSI (JSMD194)/tEGFR
C-CAR088                Lentivirus/4-1BB                             NR                                  3             7 (NR)             100%/NR             NR
HRAIN biotechnology     γ-retrovirus-4-1BB/tEGFR                     >5%                                17             NR                 79%/NR              NR
CRS cytokine release syndrome, ICANS immune effector cell associated neurotoxicity syndrome, ORR overall response rate, PFS Progression free survival, BCMA B cell maturation antigen, GSI
CRS cytokine release syndrome, ICANS immune effector cell associated neurotoxicity syndrome, ORR overall response rate, PFS Progression free survival, BCMA B cell
gamma secretase inhibitor, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor.
maturation antigen, GSI gamma secretase inhibitor, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor.
*responses
*responsesassessed afterafter
            assessed      30 days.
                              30days.
(Table 1, Bone Marrow Transplantation https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41409-020-01023-w (2020))
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Conventional ssAAV                                    ScAAV
                      wtTR                                      ΔTR

                                                                           2.3 kb

                                4.6 kb

                                                                                    wtTR

                        wtTR

               4.6 kb                                             4.6 kb
    3ʹ                         5ʹ                      3ʹ                           5ʹ
                +
Open                            Open                                +
               4.6 kb                                             4.6 kb
    3ʹ                         5ʹ                      3ʹ                           5ʹ
                –
Open                            Open                                –

Graphical representation of the suggested portion of the transgene plasmid to be
used as the template of the probe for dot-blot analysis. The black lines represent
sequences in the bacterial backbone; the blue and red lines represent sequences
of the coding and complementary sequence of the transgene expression cassette,
respectively. (Figure 7, Nature Protocols 1, 1412–1428 (2006))
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Packaging and payload                                   Delivery                                                                Tropism

                                           Local                       Global
                                           injection                   injection                                       All cells     Selected cells
          Gene X

                      Virus particle                                                                                 Infected cell     Uninfected cell

           Genetic access                                 Infectivity and toxicity                                       Transgene expression

            Entry                                                                                                    Virus

                                                                                              Transgene expression
            (susceptibility)                                        Infectivity                                      injection

                                                               Healthy
                                                               cell
               m7G          AAA         Transgene
                                        expression
                                        (permissivity)             Toxicity

                                                               Damaged                                                        Duration of        Decay or
                                                               cell                                                           expression         toxicity
                                                                                                                         Onset

Key principles for viral-mediated gene transfer in neuroscience. Schematic demonstrating six key principles essential for the
neuroscientist: viral packaging limit (how much nucleic acid a virus particle can carry) and payload (the length and type of genomic
material that can be successfully packaged into a virus particle), delivery methods (local versus global injections), tropism (specificity
of a virus for a given cell type(s)), access (ability of a virus to enter a cell type and express its gene product(s)), infectivity and toxicity
(how efficiently a virus infects a cell and how harmful it is to the cell), and transgene expression dynamics (time course of onset and
persistence of transgene expression). These principles play a key role in determining a neuroscientist’s choice of virus by weighing the
advantages and disadvantages of a given virus. AAA, 3´ poly(A) tail for mRNA; Gene X, a transgene being packaged into a virus particle;
m7G, 7-methylguanosine (5´ cap for mRNA). (Figure 1, Nature Reviews Neuroscience 21, 669–681(2020))
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a                                        b                                      c                                       d
            2D cell factories                      Microcarrier culture                    (1) Subculture —                        Modified surfaces
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                                                                                                                                             n
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                                                                                                                               T < 32 °C         T > 32 °C
                                                                                                     Centrifugal
                                                                                                     separation

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    Process optimization for the expansion of cells and for cell collection from microcarriers. a, Production of clinical lots by using adherent MSCs
    in 2D cell-culture plates. Issues with the scaling of costs and labour efficiency make 2D culture unlikely to meet an estimated demand of > 1012
    viable cells per year, necessary for treating prevalent adult indications. b, Suspension culture systems for MSCs use microcarriers and stirred tank
    bioreactors and are a scalable and sustainable approach for cell expansion at high density. c, Unit operations identified as major bioprocessing
    bottlenecks: (1) bead-to-bead transfer for MSC subculturing and expansion; (2) the need for enzymatic digestion and centrifugal separation to
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    potency through degradable and temperature (T)-sensitive materials (such as poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), PNIPAM) that remove the need for
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