Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Treatment of skeletal and non-skeletal alterations of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA by AAV-mediated gene therapy

  • Joan Bertolin,
  • Víctor Sánchez,
  • Albert Ribera,
  • Maria Luisa Jaén,
  • Miquel Garcia,
  • Anna Pujol,
  • Xavier Sánchez,
  • Sergio Muñoz,
  • Sara Marcó,
  • Jennifer Pérez,
  • Gemma Elias,
  • Xavier León,
  • Carles Roca,
  • Veronica Jimenez,
  • Pedro Otaegui,
  • Francisca Mulero,
  • Marc Navarro,
  • Jesús Ruberte,
  • Fatima Bosch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25697-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (MPSIVA) is a lysosomal storage disorder causing severe skeletal and non-skeletal alterations in patients. Here, the authors generate a MPSIVA rat model that mimics the disabling human pathology and develop an AAV9-Galns gene therapy to treat the disease.