Human gene therapy for RPE65 isomerase deficiency activates the retinoid cycle of vision but with slow rod kinetics.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on September 22, 2008

Authors

Artur V Cideciyan1, Tomas S Aleman, Sanford L Boye, Sharon B Schwartz, Shalesh Kaushal, Alejandro J Roman, Ji-Jing Pang, Alexander Sumaroka, Elizabeth A M Windsor, James M Wilson, Terence R Flotte, Gerald A Fishman, Elise Heon, Edwin M Stone, Barry J Byrne, Samuel G Jacobson, William W Hauswirth

Author Affiliations

1: Scheie Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. cideciya@mail.med.upenn.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Safety Study in Subjects With Leber Congenital Amaurosis | NCT00516477

Phase I Trial of Gene Vector to Patients With Retinal Disease Due to RPE65 Mutations (LCA) | NCT00481546

Safety Study of RPE65 Gene Therapy to Treat Leber Congenital Amaurosis | NCT00643747

Genetic Study of Patients Suffering From Congenital Amaurosis of Leber or From an Early Severe Retinal Dystrophy | NCT00422721

Clinical Trial of Gene Therapy for Leber Congenital Amaurosis Caused by RPE65 Mutations | NCT00821340

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