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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1997
Gregory M Podsakoff, Fullerton, CA (US);
Gary J Kurtzman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Avigen, Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The use of recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions for delivery of DNA molecules to muscle cells and tissue in the treatment of anemia is disclosed. The invention allows for the direct, in vivo injection of recombinant AAV virions into muscle tissue, e.g., by intramuscular injection, as well as for the in vitro transduction of muscle cells which can subsequently be introduced into a subject for treatment. The invention provides for sustained, high-level expression of a delivered nucleotide sequence encoding erythropoietin, and for in vivo secretion thereof from transduced muscle cells such that systemic delivery is achieved.