Transgenic Epidermal Cultures for Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa - 5-Year Outcomes

N Engl J Med. 2021 Dec 9;385(24):2264-2270. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2108544.

Abstract

Inherited junctional epidermolysis bullosa is a severe genetic skin disease that leads to epidermal loss caused by structural and mechanical fragility of the integuments. There is no established cure for junctional epidermolysis bullosa. We previously reported that genetically corrected autologous epidermal cultures regenerated almost an entire, fully functional epidermis on a child who had a devastating form of junctional epidermolysis bullosa. We now report long-term clinical outcomes in this patient. (Funded by POR FESR 2014-2020 - Regione Emilia-Romagna and others.).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Self Renewal
  • Cells, Cultured / transplantation
  • Child
  • Clone Cells
  • Epidermis / pathology
  • Epidermis / transplantation*
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional / genetics
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional / pathology
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional / therapy*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / pathology
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / therapy
  • Genetic Therapy
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Humans
  • Keratinocytes / cytology
  • Keratinocytes / physiology
  • Keratinocytes / transplantation*
  • Male
  • Regeneration
  • Stem Cells / physiology
  • Transduction, Genetic*
  • Transgenes*
  • Transplantation, Autologous