Correction of DMD in human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes by base-editing-induced exon skipping

P Wang, H Li, M Zhu, RY Han, S Guo, R Han - Molecular Therapy Methods …, 2023 - cell.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by mutations in the DMD gene. Previously,
we showed that adenine base editing (ABE) can efficiently correct a nonsense point …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated miR-29b editing as a treatment of different types of muscle atrophy in mice

J Li, L Wang, X Hua, H Tang, R Chen, T Yang, S Das… - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Muscle atrophy is the loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength in response to diverse
catabolic stimuli. At present, no effective treatments except exercise have been shown to …

Role of targeted therapy in dilated cardiomyopathy: the challenging road toward a personalized approach

JAJ Verdonschot, MR Hazebroek, JS Ware… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by LV (left ventricular) or biventricular
systolic dysfunction and dilation, not explained by abnormal loading conditions or coronary …

CRISPR and cardiovascular diseases

K Musunuru - Cardiovascular Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
CRISPR technologies have progressed by leaps and bounds over the past decade, not only
having a transformative effect on biomedical research but also yielding new therapies that …

AAV9 edits muscle stem cells in normal and dystrophic adult mice

ME Nance, R Shi, CH Hakim, NB Wasala, Y Yue… - Molecular Therapy, 2019 - cell.com
CRISPR editing of muscle stem cells (MuSCs) with adeno-associated virus serotype-9
(AAV9) holds promise for sustained gene repair therapy for muscular dystrophies. However …

Life-long AAV-mediated CRISPR genome editing in dystrophic heart improves cardiomyopathy without causing serious lesions in mdx mice

L Xu, YS Lau, Y Gao, H Li, R Han - Molecular Therapy, 2019 - cell.com
Previous studies from others and us have demonstrated that CRISPR genome editing could
offer a promising therapeutic strategy to restore dystrophin expression and function in the …

Developments in reading frame restoring therapy approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

AFE Schneider, A Aartsma-Rus - Expert opinion on biological …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Exon skipping compounds restoring the dystrophin transcript reading frame
have received regulatory approval for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Recently, focus …

Common therapeutic advances for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

A Salmaninejad, Y Jafari Abarghan… - International Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background and purpose: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a lethal X-linked recessive
muscle dystrophy, is resulted in by different mutations including mostly frame-shifting gross …

High-throughput methods for genome editing: the more the better

Y Huang, M Shang, T Liu, K Wang - Plant Physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
During the last decade, targeted genome-editing technologies, especially clustered
regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein (Cas) …

CRISPR gene editing in the kidney

NM Cruz, BS Freedman - American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
CRISPR is a nuclease guidance system that enables rapid and efficient gene editing of
specific DNA sequences within genomes. We review applications of CRISPR for the study …