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Dominic J Gessler MD, PhD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentNeurological Surgery
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
368 Plantation Street
Worcester MA 01605
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentNeurological Surgery

    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentNeuroNexus Institute

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentInterdisciplinary Graduate Program

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentNeuroscience

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentTranslational Science


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    University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, , GermanyMD
    University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United StatesPHDGene Therapy & Neurometabolism

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    1. Wang JH, Gessler DJ, Zhan W, Gallagher TL, Gao G. Adeno-associated virus as a delivery vector for gene therapy of human diseases. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2024 Apr 03; 9(1):78. PMID: 38565561.
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    2. Liu H, Zhang Y, Yip M, Ren L, Liang J, Chen X, Liu N, Du A, Wang J, Chang H, Oh H, Zhou C, Xing R, Xu M, Guo P, Gessler D, Xie J, Tai PWL, Gao G, Wang D. Producing high-quantity and high-quality recombinant adeno-associated virus by low-cis triple transfection. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2024 Jun 13; 32(2):101230. PMID: 38558570.
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    3. Yekula A, Gessler DJ, Ferreira C, Shah R, Reynolds M, Dusenbery K, Chen CC. GammaTile? (GT) as a brachytherapy platform for rapidly proliferating glioblastomas: from case series to clinical trials. J Neurooncol. 2024 Feb; 166(3):441-450. PMID: 38281303.
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    4. Corti M, Byrne BJ, Gessler DJ, Thompson G, Norman S, Lammers J, Coleman KE, Liberati C, Elder ME, Escolar ML, Tuna IS, Mesaros C, Kleiner GI, Barbouth DS, Gray-Edwards HL, Clement N, Cleaver BD, Gao G. Adeno-associated virus-mediated gene therapy in a patient with Canavan disease using dual routes of administration and immune modulation. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2023 Sep 14; 30:303-314. PMID: 37601414.
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    5. Lotun A, Li D, Xu H, Su Q, Tuncer S, Sanmiguel J, Mooney M, Baer CE, Ulbrich R, Eyles SJ, Strittmatter L, Hayward LJ, Gessler DJ, Gao G. Renewal of oligodendrocyte lineage reverses dysmyelination and CNS neurodegeneration through corrected N-acetylaspartate metabolism. Prog Neurobiol. 2023 Jul; 226:102460. PMID: 37149081.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    6. Gessler DJ, Parr AM. Editorial. Lost in translation: recognition of the "ceiling effect" as a potential barrier to the success of neuroprotective strategies in spinal cord injury. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 03 01; 38(3):297-298. PMID: 36401549.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Flotte TR, Gessler DJ. Gene Therapy for Rare Neurological Disorders. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2022 04; 111(4):743-757. PMID: 35102556.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Fr?hlich D, Gessler DJ, Klugmann M. Editorial: Myelin Repair: At the Crossing-Lines of Myelin Biology and Gene Therapy. Front Cell Neurosci. 2022; 16:853742. PMID: 35221929.
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    9. Gessler DJ, Neil EC, Shah R, Levine J, Shanks J, Wilke C, Reynolds M, Zhang S, ?z?temiz C, Gencturk M, Folkertsma M, Bell WR, Chen L, Ferreira C, Dusenbery K, Chen CC. GammaTile? brachytherapy in the treatment of recurrent glioblastomas. Neurooncol Adv. 2022 Jan-Dec; 4(1):vdab185. PMID: 35088050.
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    10. Lotun A, Gessler DJ, Gao G. Canavan Disease as a Model for Gene Therapy-Mediated Myelin Repair. Front Cell Neurosci. 2021; 15:661928. PMID: 33967698.
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    11. Gessler DJ, Ferreira C, Dusenbery K, Chen CC. GammaTile?: Surgically targeted radiation therapy for glioblastomas. Future Oncol. 2020 Oct; 16(30):2445-2455. PMID: 32618209.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Hsu HL, Brown A, Loveland AB, Lotun A, Xu M, Luo L, Xu G, Li J, Ren L, Su Q, Gessler DJ, Wei Y, Tai PWL, Korostelev AA, Gao G. Structural characterization of a novel human adeno-associated virus capsid with neurotropic properties. Nat Commun. 2020 06 30; 11(1):3279. PMID: 32606306.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    13. Lee V, Gessler D, Cataltepe O. Case report: cranial angiosarcoma with multiple hemorrhagic brain metastasis in a child. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 09; 36(9):2103-2107. PMID: 32157366.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Gessler DJ, Tai PWL, Li J, Gao G. Intravenous Infusion of AAV for Widespread Gene Delivery to the Nervous System. Methods Mol Biol. 2019; 1950:143-163. PMID: 30783972.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    15. Wang D, Li J, Song CQ, Tran K, Mou H, Wu PH, Tai PWL, Mendonca CA, Ren L, Wang BY, Su Q, Gessler DJ, Zamore PD, Xue W, Gao G. Cas9-mediated allelic exchange repairs compound heterozygous recessive mutations in mice. Nat Biotechnol. 2018 10; 36(9):839-842. PMID: 30102296.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Wang D, Li S, Gessler DJ, Xie J, Zhong L, Li J, Tran K, Van Vliet K, Ren L, Su Q, He R, Goetzmann JE, Flotte TR, Agbandje-McKenna M, Gao G. A Rationally Engineered Capsid Variant of AAV9 for Systemic CNS-Directed and Peripheral Tissue-Detargeted Gene Delivery in Neonates. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2018 Jun 15; 9:234-246. PMID: 29766031.
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    17. Lu Y, Tai PWL, Ai J, Gessler DJ, Su Q, Yao X, Zheng Q, Zamore PD, Xu X, Gao G. Transcriptome Profiling of Neovascularized Corneas Reveals miR-204 as a Multi-target Biotherapy Deliverable by rAAVs. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2018 Mar 02; 10:349-360. PMID: 29499946.
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    18. Gessler DJ, Li D, Xu H, Su Q, Sanmiguel J, Tuncer S, Moore C, King J, Matalon R, Gao G. Redirecting N-acetylaspartate metabolism in the central nervous system normalizes myelination and rescues Canavan disease. JCI Insight. 2017 02 09; 2(3):e90807. PMID: 28194442.
      Citations: 37     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    19. Ai J, Li J, Gessler DJ, Su Q, Wei Q, Li H, Gao G. Adeno-associated virus serotype rh.10 displays strong muscle tropism following intraperitoneal delivery. Sci Rep. 2017 01 09; 7:40336. PMID: 28067312.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    20. Lu Y, Ai J, Gessler D, Su Q, Tran K, Zheng Q, Xu X, Gao G. Efficient Transduction of Corneal Stroma by Adeno-Associated Viral Serotype Vectors for Implications in Gene Therapy of Corneal Diseases. Hum Gene Ther. 2016 08; 27(8):598-608. PMID: 27001051.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    21. Gessler DJ, Gao G. Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders: Metabolic Disorders. Methods Mol Biol. 2016; 1382:429-65. PMID: 26611604.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Yang B, Li S, Wang H, Guo Y, Gessler DJ, Cao C, Su Q, Kramer J, Zhong L, Ahmed SS, Zhang H, He R, Desrosiers RC, Brown R, Xu Z, Gao G. Global CNS transduction of adult mice by intravenously delivered rAAVrh.8 and rAAVrh.10 and nonhuman primates by rAAVrh.10. Mol Ther. 2014 Jul; 22(7):1299-1309. PMID: 24781136.
      Citations: 117     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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