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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Prospects of gene therapy with hematopoietic stem cells
1 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), Moscow, Russia
2 Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Konstantin V. Popov
Akademika Oparina, 4, Moscow, 117997, Russia; ur.liam@tsnok_vopop
Funding: the paper was executed within the framework of the State Assignment of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 123020800103-6.
Author contribution: Valieva YM — literature review, data acquisition, manuscript writing; Popov KV — manuscript concept, editing.
Gene therapy is subdivided into in vivo and ex vivo according to the tactics of delivery of therapeutic constructions. In vivo therapy, a vector containing a therapeutic construction is injected into the patient. In ex vivo therapy, cells are removed from the patient's body, genetically modified, and then returned. In ex vivo therapy for inherited diseases, hematopoietic stem cells are most often subjected to modification. Despite the advantage of in vivo therapy, which consists in the possibility of scale-up of production and convenience of use of ready-to-use drug, therapy based on transplantation of genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells remains relevant for a number of genetic diseases.
Keywords: hematopoietic stem cells, ex vivo gene therapy, in vivo gene therapy, lysosomal storage diseases, genetic disorder