CRISPR technologies for precise epigenome editing

M Nakamura, Y Gao, AA Dominguez, LS Qi - Nature Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
The epigenome involves a complex set of cellular processes governing genomic activity.
Dissecting this complexity necessitates the development of tools capable of specifically …

[HTML][HTML] Latest developed strategies to minimize the off-target effects in CRISPR-Cas-mediated genome editing

M Naeem, S Majeed, MZ Hoque, I Ahmad - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Gene editing that makes target gene modification in the genome by deletion or addition has
revolutionized the era of biomedicine. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

[HTML][HTML] The CRISPR tool kit for genome editing and beyond

M Adli - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
CRISPR is becoming an indispensable tool in biological research. Once known as the
bacterial immune system against invading viruses, the programmable capacity of the Cas9 …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR-based technologies for the manipulation of eukaryotic genomes

AC Komor, AH Badran, DR Liu - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The CRISPR-Cas9 RNA-guided DNA endonuclease has contributed to an explosion of
advances in the life sciences that have grown from the ability to edit genomes within living …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9 for cancer research and therapy

T Zhan, N Rindtorff, J Betge, MP Ebert… - Seminars in cancer …, 2019 - Elsevier
CRISPR/Cas9 has become a powerful method for making changes to the genome of many
organisms. First discovered in bacteria as part of an adaptive immune system …

[HTML][HTML] Site-specific manipulation of Arabidopsis loci using CRISPR-Cas9 SunTag systems

A Papikian, W Liu, J Gallego-Bartolomé… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding genomic functions requires site-specific manipulation of loci via efficient
protein effector targeting systems. However, few approaches for targeted manipulation of the …

[HTML][HTML] A CRISPR–dCas toolbox for genetic engineering and synthetic biology

X Xu, LS Qi - Journal of molecular biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Programmable control of gene expression is essential to understanding gene function,
engineering cellular behaviors, and developing therapeutics. Beyond the gene editing …

Gene editing and CRISPR in the clinic: current and future perspectives

MP Hirakawa, R Krishnakumar, JA Timlin… - Bioscience …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Genome editing technologies, particularly those based on zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs),
transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and CRISPR (clustered regularly …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetics of Alzheimer's disease

M Nikolac Perkovic, A Videtic Paska, M Konjevod… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
There are currently no validated biomarkers which can be used to accurately diagnose
Alzheimer's disease (AD) or to distinguish it from other dementia-causing neuropathologies …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9-based engineering of the epigenome

J Pulecio, N Verma, E Mejía-Ramírez, D Huangfu… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Determining causal relationships between distinct chromatin features and gene expression,
and ultimately cell behavior, remains a major challenge. Recent developments in targetable …