US 7,575,924 B2
Methods and compositions relating to improved lentiviral vectors and their applications
Didier Trono, Collonge (Switzerland); and Patrick Salmon, Arenthon (France)
Assigned to Research Development Foundation, Carson City, Nev. (US)
Filed on Nov. 09, 2001, as Appl. No. 10/10,081.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/248398, filed on Nov. 13, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2003/0008374 A1, Jan. 09, 2003
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12N 5/08 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/861 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 435—366  [435/456; 435/320.1] 34 Claims
 
1. A human hematopoietic cell transduced with a self-inactivating recombinant lentivirus, the lentivirus comprising an expression cassette comprising a transgene positioned under the control of a promoter that is capable of promoting expression of the transgene at a signal-to-noise ratio of between about 10 and about 200 in both a human hematopoietic progenitor cell and a differentiated hematopoietic cell; and an LTR region that has reduced promoter activity relative to wild-type LTR, wherein the human hematopoietic cell is a human hematopoietic progenitor cell.