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CLINICAL CASE

Two-step AAV8 gene delivery in a child with Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I

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1 Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Pirogov University), Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Denis V. Rebrikov
Ostrovityanova, 1, Moscow, 117997, Russia; moc.liamg@vokirberd

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Funding: This work was supported by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (No. 124020400004-9).

Author contribution: Rebrikov DV — literature analysis, study planning, development of study concept and design, development of drug concept, data interpretation, manuscript preparation; Degtyareva AV — literature analysis, study planning, development of study concept and design, patient examination, data interpretation; Gautier MS, Ushakova LV, Filippova EA — patient examination; Yanushevich YuG, Gorodnicheva TV, Bavykin AS — drug development, data interpretation, manuscript preparation; Degtyarev DN, Sukhikh GT — development of study concept and design, data interpretation.

Compliance with ethical standards: the therapy was approved by Ethics Committee at the Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology on Dec 01 2022, Protocol #12 for infusion I, and on Jul 20 2023, Protocol #7 for infusion II. The patient's legal representatives provided voluntary informed consents for the study and for each infusion of the drug.

Received: 2025-04-25 Accepted: 2025-04-29 Published online: 2025-04-30
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Fig. 1. Immunohistochemistry for human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 in mouse liver, post-infusion week 6. The sections counterstained with hematoxylin were assessed using antibodies to human UGT1A1 topped with HRP-conjugated second antibody. Vector doses, vg/kg, are indicated. Black arrows in the low-dose images indicate perivascular localization of the signal
Fig. 2. Dynamics of indirect bilirubin levels with regard to alphaglucuronosyltransferasegene unoparvovec infusions I and II, adjusted phototherapy regimens and prednisolone support (oral doses, starting from 1 mg/kg daily)