... leukemogenesis, and the use of retroviral vectors without a tendency to form HIRs near the LMO2 locus may improve the safety of gene therapy In conclusion, the identification of the HIR near exon of the LMO2 ... statistical analyses, and Dr T 10 Takeshita T, Asao H, Ohtani K, Ishii N, Kumaki S, Tanaka N, Munakata H, Nakamura M, Sugamura K: Cloning of the gamma chain of the human IL-2 receptor Science 19 92, ... sites and may have an impact on future gene therapy trials The HIR is also a suitable region for analyzing the molecular mechanism of vector integration with target-site preferences [14 ,18 ] On the...