Patent Application: US-201214362677-A

Abstract:
a method of inducing immune tolerance against a protein of interest comprising the steps of transducing hematopoietic stem cells with a gene for the protein of interest wherein the gene is operably connected to a platelet specific promoter , and transplanting the transfected cells of step into to a subject , wherein the protein is expressed , and wherein the subject develops immune tolerance against the protein .

Description:
one objective of the present invention is to provide a method to induce immune tolerance in patients . the patients who may benefit from this type of immune - tolerizing approach include those with allergies , auto - immune disease , transplant recipients , and those who lack certain self - antigens as in clotting factor deficiencies resulting in hemophilia a or b . our current data suggest that expression of a gene product when under the control of the glycoprotein iib promoter , or other platelet - specific promoter , leads to protein expression in cd41 positive cells . when expressed in this way , the gene product not only fails to induce antibodies but causes the recipient to acquire immune tolerance to the gene product , even in a recipient previously sensitized to the protein . we predict that this mechanism of inducing immune tolerance is applicable for other non - self or self antigens with immune reactivity . conditions which could be treated using this invention include those diseases where a specific protein or set of proteins is missing and where replacement therapy induces the development of inhibitors . the conditions which can be treated by this invention include hemophilia a and hemophilia b . we show examples herein , with supporting data , of immune tolerance to both factor viii and factor ix in hemophilic animal models of disease . we predict this immune tolerance - inducing strategy would work in patients where antibody to a single or multiple target proteins is already present . additionally , we predict that diseases where this immune tolerance approach could work include those where providing a replacement protein causes development of inhibitors or diseases of autoimmunity where immune tolerance to certain self antigens is lost . the diseases which could be treated with this model include : bernard soulier syndrome , achondroplasia , lysosomal storage diseases , sickle cell disease , coeliac disease , crohn &# 39 ; s disease , multiple sclerosis , diabetes mellitus type 1 ( iddm ), systemic lupus erythematosus ( sle ), sjögren &# 39 ; s syndrome , churg - strauss syndrome , hashimoto &# 39 ; s thyroiditis , graves &# 39 ; disease , idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura , rheumatoid arthritis ( ra ), lupus , allergies , graft versus host disease , or alloimmunization resulting from solid organ transplantation , bone marrow transplantation ( bmt ), or blood transfusion . when using the invention in a medical procedure to induce immune tolerance to a target protein of interest , one would typically provide to the patient a sufficient number of hematopoietic stem cells ( hscs ) that were transduced with a vector containing the protein of interest and a promoter selected to drive platelet - specific expression . highly enriched stem cell populations could require smaller doses of cells per kg for effective treatment . in mice , a single hsc can rescue an animal after lethal radiation . however , it is challenging to determine which nucleated cells or which mononuclear cells are true stem cells versus cells already committed to become lineage specific . for that reason , enrichment of hsc &# 39 ; s in populations of cells containing lineage committed progenitor and effector cells remains the most viable method . in these cases , a dose of at least 1 , 000 , 000 total nucleated cells per kg of body weight would be an effective transplant dose . to collect hscs from the patient one could perform a surgical bone marrow aspiration or mobilize the peripheral blood with a cytokine such as granulocyte colony stimulating factor such that hsc &# 39 ; s would migrate from the bone marrow into the periphery where they could be harvested by venipuncture . next , one would purify the resulting cells to enrich the cells for hscs through positive or negative selection means . one could enrich the mobilized peripheral blood or bone marrow populations by positively selecting cells expressing known stem cell markers such as cd34 + , c - kit , thy1 . 1 +/ lo , slamf1 / cd150 + or others . the following references speak to current practices in using cd34 + selection : kasow k a , sims - poston l , eldridge p , hale g a . biol blood marrow transplant . 2007 may ; 13 ( 5 ): 608 - 14 ; yannaki e , papayannopoulou t , jonlin e , zervou f , karponi g , xagorari a , becker p , psatha n , batsis i , kaloyannidis p , tahynopoulou v , constantinou v , bouinta a , kotta k , athanassiadou a , anagnostopoulos a , fassas a , stamatoyannopoulos g . mol ther . 2012 january ; 20 ( 1 ): 230 - 8 ; jaing t h , hung i j , yang c p , chen s h , chung h t , tsay p k , wen y c . bone marrow transplant . 2012 january ; 47 ( 1 ): 33 - 9 ; and villa i , kvale e o , lund - johansen f , olweus j . cytotherapy . 2007 ; 9 ( 6 ): 600 - 10 . one could use magnetic bead negative selection to remove cells committed to a lineage expressing any of a number of lineage specific markers such as cd2 , cd3 , cd4 , cd5 , cd8 , nk1 . 1 , cd11b , cd11c , cd14 , cd16 , cd19 , cd20 , cd24 , cd56 , cd66b , or b220 , ter - 119 , or glycophorin a and conventional means such as magnetic bead kits . cell populations enriched for hscs would next be transduced with the vector containing the genetic material of the protein of interest . a similar approach to transduce and transplant hsc from alternate sources would also be successful . hscs harvested from the patient to be treated , a cord blood source , a related donor , or an un - related donor with appropriately matched hla would be successful with this method . one would splice together , preferably in a viral or other construct , the platelet specific promoter such as the glycoprotein iib promoter , glycoprotein ib alpha promoter , glycoprotein ib beta promoter , platelet factor 4 ( pf4 ) promoter , glycoprotein vi promoter , glycoprotein ix promoter or other platelet protein promoters and next the target protein gene in reading frame . by “ platelet specific ”, we mean expression specifically in the platelet , megakaryocyte and / or megakaryocyte progenitors . see , for example , lichtman et al . ( 2006 ) williams hematology 7 th ed . ( 1597 - 1599 ) new york , n . y . ; mcgraw - hill medical publishing . one benefit of using the iib promoter is that it has expression in early hematopoiesis . the other platelet specific promoters may not tolerize as well because their expression is at later stages in hematopoiesis closer to platelet maturity . a chimeric intron ( β - globin / igg ) is inserted between the promoter and the transgene . it has been demonstrated that areas of the target protein can be deleted and immune tolerance is still effectively produced . one such example of the deletion of target areas is the b domain deletion in the factor viii expression cassette . target proteins could be modified to contain post - translational modifications , or other filler sequences like intronic sequences could be incorporated into the construct to enhance the transgene expression . one example of intronic enhancer augmenting transgene expression is the truncated factor ix intron 1 in factor fix expression cassette . one could use a number of vector or viral vector classes to deliver the dna coding for the target protein that could include most preferably lentivirus or retrovirus . additionally other vectors would work , such as adeno - associated virus , adenovirus , herpes simplex virus , liposomes , or naked dna . advantages and disadvantages of each class can be found in fig5 . cells could then be tested for the presence of the transgene by conventional pcr . following this the hscs would be transduced with the virus or construct using infection or electroporation . for transduction , hscs could be pre - stimulated with cytokine cocktail for 24 to 48 hours followed by viral infection in the presence of polybrene and cytokines twice within 48 hours . infection rates would be between 1 and 1000 viral particles per cell , most preferably 1 to 100 viral particles per cell and most preferably 1 - 20 viral particles per cell . next one would perform a bone marrow or hsc transplant on patients using conventional methods known to those of skill in medicine . briefly , one could pre - condition the patient using most preferably a sub - lethal dose of total body irradiation or chemotherapy such as busulfan supplemented with anti - thymocyte globulin . next one would give to the patient by intravenous infusion the prepared hscs containing the transgene of the target protein . after transplantation and bone marrow reconstitution , one would use conventional pcr and quantitative real - time pcr to determine the viability of genetically modified engraftment and the copy number of proviral dna per cells . next one would use assays such as immunofluorescence confocal microscopy , antigen assay , activity assay , and / or flow cytometry , to determine the transgene protein expression in platelets . one would expect that greater than 5 % cells would be genetically modified after transduction and transplantation , resulting in greater than 5 % platelets expressing transgene protein . this should be sufficient to induce immune tolerance . the transduction efficiency and expression levels might vary depending on the size of protein that is targeted and the disease model . the induction of immune tolerance in a patient would be characterized first by viable engraftment of the transduced stem cells . one could use as a readout of engraftment either mismatched hla markers in the case of non - autologous grafts , the protein of interest , or other molecular markers cloned into the vector . second , one would be able to detect the protein of interest in circulating platelets as a measure of successful transplant . in the case of factor replacement therapy , functional readouts , like bleeding correction would be a useful readout . other proteins may have additional readouts available . third , the lack of antibody development to the target protein , or a reduction in antibody level from prior to the transplant , would be indicative a successful immune tolerization . last , the lack of antibody production in the patient even after challenge with the protein of interest would be an indicator of longer term induction of immune tolerance . standard elisa procedures would be used to detect patient antibody formation . in the case where immune tolerance induction was unsuccessful , one would see antibody formation or a rise in antibody titer to the protein of interest , clearance of the protein of interest , lack of function of the protein of interest or complement mediated effects of clearance . in a preferred embodiment , the present invention is a method of inducing immune tolerance to a protein of interest through the use of a gene therapy approach targeting expression of the protein of interest or set of proteins of interest inside cells of the megakaryocyte lineage , including platelets . in another embodiment , the invention is a method of inducing immune tolerance through use of the glycoprotein iib promoter to target expression of any protein or proteins of interest in cells such as cd41 - positive cells of the megakaryocyte lineage , including promegakaryocytes , megakaryocytes , and platelets . in another embodiment , the invention is a method of inducing immune tolerance in cells of the megakaryocyte lineage , including promegakaryocytes , megakaryocytes , and platelets . in another embodiment , the invention is a method of inducing immune tolerance to a clotting factor protein whereby genetically modified stem cells express the clotting factor of interest and this clotting factor is expressed under a specific promoter active in hematopoietic cells . in another embodiment , the invention is a method of inducing immune tolerance using the glycoprotein iib promoter to target expression of the factor viii protein , the factor ix protein , glycoprotein ib , or a fragment , or chimeric protein thereof in cells of the megakaryocyte lineage . in another embodiment , the invention is a method of inducing immune tolerance using promoters specific to cells of the megakaryocyte lineage . in another embodiment , the invention is a method of inducing immune tolerance using a promoter and cell type which naturally expresses a chaperone protein to the protein of interest . by “ hematopoietic stem cell ( hsc ),” we mean any cell that has the functional ability to repopulate the hematopoietic system and self - renew . there are three main sources of hsc including the bone marrow ( bm ), peripheral blood ( pb ), and cord blood ( cb ). a variety of methods exist to harvest and purify hsc from a patient . at the time of this writing , there remains considerable debate as to the true nature of hsc and their surface markers . those transplanting patients can take approaches that infuse a population of cells which contain hsc and more differentiated hematopoietic cells . alternatively , one can employ a purification or enrichment strategy based on cd marker selection of hsc . selection methods commonly use antibodies or can use other binding partner proteins which bind the cd marker of interest . cells are further purified through the use of linking the antibody or binding partner to magnetic beads , columns , or other solid surface means of capturing cells of interest . one method employed for hsc purification is the use of cd34 + selection . another method employed for hsc purification is the use of cd49f positive selection . another method employed for hsc purification employed for hsc purification is the use of lin negative selection . another method employed for hsc purification is the use of cd90 positive selection . another method employed for hsc purification is the use of cd45 ra negative selection . another method used is the use of cd38 negative selection . another method employed for hsc purification is a combination of any of the above selection criteria . our previous studies have shown that targeting fviii expression to platelets ( 2bf8 ) can correct the hemophilia a phenotype in mice even in the presence of inhibitory antibodies . in the present study , we wanted to examine 1 ) whether platelets containing fviii can act as an immunogen ; and 2 ) whether platelet - derived fviii can induce immune tolerance in a hemophilia a mouse model . to investigate whether platelets containing fviii can act as an immunogen in hemophilia a mice , we infused platelets that contains fviii from transgenic mice with a level of platelet - fviii of 6 milli unit ( mu ) per 10 8 platelets to naive fviii null mice weekly for 8 weeks ( fig1 ). these platelets were between 30 to 50 % of total platelets upon infusion and the levels of platelet - fviii in the infused animals were 0 . 11 ± 0 . 01 mu / 10 8 platelets ( n = 6 ) one week after infusion . no anti - fviii inhibitory antibodies were detected in the infused mice during the course of the study , indicating that infusion of platelets containing fviii does not trigger immune response in hemophilia a mice . however , all animals developed inhibitors following further challenge with recombinant human fviii ( rhfviii ) at a dose of 50 u / kg by intravenous injection weekly for 4 weeks . to examine whether platelet - derived fviii will act as an immunogen in the presence of primed spleen cells from mice already producing inhibitory antibodies , we transplanted splenocytes from highly immunized fviii null mice and bone marrow ( bm ) cells from 2bf8 transgenic mice into 400 centi gray ( cgy ) sub - lethal irradiated fviii null recipients ( fig2 ). we monitored the levels of inhibitory antibodies in recipients for up to 8 weeks and found that inhibitor titers declined with time after transplantation . we then challenged co - transplantation recipients with rhfviii and found that inhibitor titers in the control group co - transplanted of fviii null bm cells increased 103 . 55 ± 64 . 83 fold ( n = 4 ), which was significantly more than the group receiving 2bf8 transgenic bm cells ( 14 . 34 ± 18 . 48 , n = 5 ) ( p & lt ; 0 . 05 ). the inhibitor titers decreased to undetectable in 40 % of 2bf8 transgenic bm cells co - transplantation recipients even after rhfviii challenge , indicating immune tolerance was induced in these recipients . these data indicate that a gene therapy strategy is a viable option to generate iti in patients experiencing complications from diseases or conditions with an immune mediated component like autoimmunity , transplantation , allergy , and the replacement of certain antigens in naive individuals such as factor viii therapy for hemophilia a or factor ix therapy for hemophilia b . to further explore the immune response in the lentivirus - mediated platelet - derived fviii gene therapy of hemophilia a mice , we transduced hematopoietic stem cells from pre - immunized fviii null mice with 2bf8 lentivirus ( lv ) followed by syngeneic transplantation into pre - immunized lethally irradiated fviii null recipients and monitored the levels of inhibitor titers in recipients ( fig3 ). mice were pretreated with fviii to induce inhibitor formation that would be seen in a patient who would be a candidate for this type of therapy . after bm reconstitution , platelet - fviii expression was sustained ( 1 . 56 ± 0 . 56 mu / 10 8 platelets , n = 10 ), but inhibitor titers declined with time , indicating that platelet - derived fviii does not provoke an immune response in fviii null mice that had previously mounted an immune response to rhfviii . the t 1 / 2 of inhibitor disappearance in 2bf8 lv - transduced recipients ( 33 . 65 ± 11 . 12 days , n = 10 ) was significantly shorter than in untransduced controls ( 66 . 43 ± 22 . 24 days , n = 4 ) ( p & lt ; 0 . 01 ). we also transplanted 2bf8 lv - transduced pre - immunized hscs into 660 cgy sub - lethally irradiated naive fviii null mice . after bm reconstitution , recipients were assessed by platelet lysate fviii activity assay and tail clip survival test to confirm the success of genetic therapy . animals were then challenged with rhfviii . only 2 of 7 2bf8 lv - transduced recipients developed inhibitory antibodies at 55 and 87 bethesda units / milliliter ( bu / ml ), while all 4 non - transduced controls developed high titer of inhibitors at 735 . 50 ± 94 . 65 bu / ml ( fig4 ). these data indicate that immune tolerance can be induce in hemophilia a patients using a gene therapy approach by expressing fviii under control of the platelet - specific glycoprotein iib promoter . in conclusion , our results from studies with factor viii demonstrate that 1 ) platelets containing fviii are not immunogenic in hemophilia a mice ; and 2 ) platelet - derived fviii gene therapy induces immune tolerance in hemophilia a mice with or without pre - existing inhibitory antibodies . it would add to the appeal of any genetic therapeutic approach were it to not only improve hemostasis , but also induce immune tolerance toward the replacement protein , particularly in the case of patients with pre - existing immunity . this tolerance induction would add an additional significant benefit to patients with platelet - derived fviii gene therapy strategy because protein infusion could be administered in some special situations ( e . g . surgery in which a greater levels of fviii may be required ) with minimized risk of inhibitor development . immune tolerization to factor ix was also demonstrated as effective using a similar approach . while data from the clinical trials using aav vector expression fix in hemophilia b gene therapy in humans are very encouraging , for individuals with severe liver disease or neutralizing antibodies to aav , an alternative gene therapy approach might be desired . our previous studies have demonstrated that lentivirus - mediated platelet gene therapy can correct murine hemophilia a phenotype , but this approach has not been explored for hemophilia b . in the current study , we developed a clinical translatable approach for platelet gene therapy of hemophilia b . platelet - fix ( 2bf9 ) expression in hemophilia b ( fix null ) mice was introduced by transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells ( hscs ) transduced with 2bf9 lentivirus ( lv ). the recipients were analyzed beginning at 3 weeks after bone marrow ( bm ) transplantation . expression of the 2bf9 product was detected by pcr in all recipients that received 2bf9 lv - transduced bm cells , indicating viable engraftment of bm genetically modified with the 2bf9 lv transfer vector ( fig6 ). the expression of the hfix transgene protein in the transduced platelets was confirmed by immunofluorescent confocal microscopy ( fig7 ). flow cytometry showed that there were 20 . 8 ± 12 . 1 % ( n = 7 ) and 14 . 8 ± 10 . 7 % ( n = 6 ) 2bf9 lv - transduced platelets respectively in the recipients preconditioned with 1100 cgy or 660 cgy ( fig8 ). the antigen levels of fix ( fix : ag ) were 2 . 89 ± 1 . 75 mu / 10 8 platelets ( n = 9 ) in the recipients preconditioned with 1100 cgy and 1 . 87 ± 1 . 30 mu / 10 8 platelets ( n = 7 ) in the 660 cgy group , while the activity ( fix : c ) levels were 1 . 67 ± 1 . 15 and 1 . 13 ± 0 . 85 mu / 10 8 platelets respectively ( fig9 ). there was a small amount of fix detected in the 2bf9 lv - transduced recipient plasma with the average levels of 2 . 22 mu / ml in 1100 cgy group and 1 . 44 mu / ml in 660 cgy group . to analyze the distribution of the fix between platelets and plasma , we normalized fix levels to total whole blood fix content . the results demonstrated that 90 % to 95 % of whole blood fix was stored in platelets . the tail clip survival test demonstrated that 15 out of 16 mice that received 2bf9 lv - transduced hscs survived the tail clip challenge , while 8 out of 10 fix null control mice died after tail clipping ( fig1 ). nine months after transplantation , sequential transplantation was performed on some of the primary recipients ( fig1 ). platelet - hfix expression in the secondary recipients was sustained , leading to phenotypic correction and confirming that long - term engrafting hscs were successfully transduced with 2bf9 lv . notably , none of the transduced recipients developed anti - fix antibodies after platelet gene therapy . to investigate whether immune tolerance was induced in 2bf9 lv - transduced recipients , we challenged the recipients with recombinant human fix ( rhfix ) in the presence of adjuvant . only 1 out of 9 2bf9 lv - transduced recipients developed a low titer of inhibitory antibodies ( 1 . 6 bu / ml ) as measured by a modified bethesda assay . in contrast , all of the fix null controls developed inhibitory antibodies ranging from 17 - 37 bu / ml after the same challenge ( n = 5 ) ( fig1 ). to ensure that the immune system was not defective in the 2bf9 lv - transduced recipients and that the tolerance induction is fix antigen - specific , we further challenged the animals with ovalbumin ( ova ) absorbed on alum . both the 2bf9 lv - transduced and fix null control mice developed high - titer of anti - ova antibodies . the levels of anti - ova igg in the 2bf9 transduced recipients were not significantly different from fix null mice after the ova immunization , confirming that tolerance induction in 2bf9 lv - transduced mice is fix - specific ( fig1 ). taken together , our data suggest that lentivirus - mediated bone marrow transduction and transplantation can not only provide sustained phenotypic correction , but also induce immune tolerance in hemophilia b mice , indicating that this approach may be a promising strategy for gene therapy of hemophilia b in humans . our previous studies have demonstrated that targeting fviii expression to platelets ( 2bf8 ) corrects the murine hemophilia a phenotype even in the presence of inhibitors . our further studies have shown that 2bf8 lv - transduced hemophilia a mice develop neither inhibitory nor non - inhibitory antibodies . in the current study , we investigated 1 ) whether platelets containing fviii would act as an immunogen ; and 2 ) whether platelet - derived fviii would induce immune tolerance in hemophilia a mice with or without pre - existing immunity . platelet infusion : naive fviii null mice were intravenously infused with the platelets that contains fviii from transgenic mice weekly for total 8 weeks . co - transplantation : fviii null mice conditioned with 400 cgy total body irradiation were co - transplanted with splenocytes from highly immunized fviii null mice and bm cells from 2bf8 transgenic mice . 2bf8 lv - mediated bm transduction and syngeneic transplantation : 2bf8 lv - transduced pre - immunized hscs were transplanted into fviii null mice with or without pre - existing immunity . the levels of platelet fviii activity ( fviii : c ) were quantitated by a chromogenic assay . inhibitor titers were determined by the bethesda assay . 1 . shi , q ., wilcox , d . a ., fahs , s . a ., kroner , p . a ., and montgomery , r . r . expression of human factor viii under control of the αiib promoter in megakaryocytic cell line as well as storage together with vwf . mol . genet . and metab . 2003 , 79 ( 1 ): 25 - 33 . 2 . shi , q ., wilcox , d . a ., fahs , s . a ., weiler , h ., well , c . c ., cooley , b . c ., desai , d ., morateck , p . a ., gorski , j ., and montgomery , r . r . factor viii ectopically targeted to platelets is therapeutic in hemophilia a with high - titer inhibitory antibodies . j clin invest 2006 , 116 ( 7 ): 1974 - 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myeloablative conditions . blood 2007 ; 110 : 235a . accepted for oral presentation at ash meeting . 26 . shi , q . platelet and endothelial fviii / vwf expression in hemophilia gene therapy . the 9th workshop on novel technologies and gene transfer for hemophilia , the children &# 39 ; s hospital of philadelphia . february , 2008 . invited for a lecture . 27 . shi , q . platelet - specific gene therapy of hemophilia a and hemophilia a with inhibitors . the physician / researcher track of nhf &# 39 ; s 60th annual meeting , denver , colo ., november 2008 . invited for a lecture . 28 . shi , q ., kuether , e . l ., cooley , b . c ., fahs , s . a ., schroeder , j . a ., wilcox , d . a ., and montgomery , r . r . sustained phenotypic correction of murine hemophilia a with pre - existing anti - fviii immunity using lentivirus - mediated platelet - specific fviii gene transfer . blood 2009 ; 114 : 18 . accepted for oral presentation at ash meeting . 29 . du , l . m ., nichols , t . c ., haberichter , s . l ., jacobi , p . m ., jensen , e . s ., fang , f ., shi , q ., montgomery , r . r . and wilcox , d . a . platelet - targeted expression of human bdd - fviii within a canine model for hemophilia a shows efficacy for human clinical trials . blood 2009 ; 114 : 289 . accepted for oral presentation at ash meeting . 30 . shi , q ., kuether , e . l ., schroeder , j . a ., fahs , s . a ., wilcox , d . a ., montgomery , r . r . the important role of von willebrand factor in platelet - derived fviii gene therapy of murine hemophilia a in the presence of inhibitors . blood 2010 ; 116 : 907 . accepted for oral presentation at ash meeting . 31 . shi , q . platelets as delivery system for gene therapy of hemophilia a and b . bit life sciences &# 39 ; 2nd world dna and genome day , dalian , china . apr . 25 - 29 , 2011 . invited for a lecture . 32 . shi , q . targeting factor viii ( fviii ) expression to platelets for gene therapy of hemophilia a with inhibitors . the 14th annual meeting of american society of gene and cell therapy , seattle , may , 2011 . invited for a lecture in the outstanding new investigator symposium . 33 . shi , q ., kuether , e . l ., schroeder , j . a ., fahs , s . a ., montgomery , r . r . targeting fviii expression to human platelets corrects the hemophilic phenotype in an immunocompromised hemophilia a mouse model transplanted with genetically manipulated human cord blood stem cells . blood 2011 ; 118 : 20 . accepted for oral presentation at ash meeting . 34 . chen y ., kuether , e . l ., schroeder , j . a ., montgomery , r . r ., scott , d . w ., and shi , q . targeting fviii expression to platelets induces immune tolerance in hemophilia a mice with or without pre - existing anti - fviii immunity . blood 2011 ; 118 : 4170 . 35 . shi , q . lentivirus transduction of megakaryocytes : immune protection and human cell studies . 11 th nhf new technologies and gene therapy workshop . the children &# 39 ; s hospital of philadelphia , philadelphia , pa . mar . 2 - 3 , 2012 . invited for a lecture . 36 . shi , q . kuether , e . l ., schroeder , j . a ., fahs , s . a ., montgomery , r . r . platelet gene therapy corrects the hemophilic phenotype in immunocompromised hemophilia a mice transplanted with genetically manipulated human cord blood stem cells . the 58 th annual meeting of the scientific and standardization committee of the isth . liverpool , united kingdom . jun . 27 - 30 , 2012 . accepted for oral presentation in the hot topic talk . 37 . shi , q ., kuether , e . l ., schroeder , j . a ., perry , c . l ., fahs , s . a ., montgomery , r . r . vwf exerts a protective effect on fviii from inhibitor inactivation both in vitro and in vivo . the 58 th annual meeting of the scientific and standardization committee of the isth . liverpool , united kingdom . jun . 27 - 30 , 2012 . accepted for poster presentation . 38 . chen y ., kuether , e . l ., schroeder , j . a ., zhang , g ., montgomery , r . r ., and shi , q . lentivirus - mediated platelet gene therapy corrects bleeding diathesis and induces immune tolerance in murine hemophilia b mice . submitted to the 54 th ash annual meeting , atlanta , ga . dec . 8 - 12 , 2012 . 39 . kanaji , s ., fahs , s . a ., ware , j ., montgomery , r . r ., and shi , q . bleeding phenotype of murine bernard soulier syndrome is potentially corrected by non - myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation . submitted to the 54 th ash annual meeting , atlanta , ga . dec . 8 - 12 , 2012 .