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Nature 443, E6-E7 (21 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature05220; Published online 20 September 2006

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Gene therapy: Is IL2RG oncogenic in T-cell development?: X-SCID transgene leukaemogenicity (reply)

Niels-Bjarne Woods1, Virginie Bottero1, Manfred Schmidt2, Christof von Kalle2 & Inder M. Verma1

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Using a lentiviral vector and a murine model of X-linked severe combined immune deficiency (X-SCID), we have shown that mice transplanted with cells constitutively overexpressing the therapeutic gene IL2RG, a subunit found in several cytokine receptors, can develop thymic lymphomas 6 to 12 months later1. Our results contradict those of Pike-Overzet et al 2and Thrasher et al.3.

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