Next-generation AAV vectors—do not judge a virus (only) by its cover

C Domenger, D Grimm - Human molecular genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (AAV) are under intensive investigation in
numerous clinical trials after they have emerged as a highly promising vector for human …

Enhancing the safety of CAR-T cell therapy: Synthetic genetic switch for spatiotemporal control

L Lu, M Xie, B Yang, W Zhao, J Cao - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy is a promising and precise targeted
therapy for cancer that has demonstrated notable potential in clinical applications. However …

Targeted inducible delivery of immunoactivating cytokines reprograms glioblastoma microenvironment and inhibits growth in mouse models

F Birocchi, M Cusimano, F Rossari, S Beretta… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and lethal brain tumor characterized by
a strongly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) that represents a barrier also …

Dynamic network biomarker indicates pulmonary metastasis at the tipping point of hepatocellular carcinoma

B Yang, M Li, W Tang, W Liu, S Zhang, L Chen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Developing predictive biomarkers that can detect the tipping point before metastasis of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is critical to prevent further irreversible deterioration. To …

Recording development with single cell dynamic lineage tracing

A McKenna, JA Gagnon - Development, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Every animal grows from a single fertilized egg into an intricate network of cell types and
organ systems. This process is captured in a lineage tree: a diagram of every cell's ancestry …

Advances in promoter engineering: novel applications and predefined transcriptional control

AP Cazier, J Blazeck - Biotechnology Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic biology continues to progress by relying on more robust tools for transcriptional
control, of which promoters are the most fundamental component. Numerous studies have …

An evolving view of copy number variants

S Lauer, D Gresham - Current genetics, 2019 - Springer
Copy number variants (CNVs) are regions of the genome that vary in integer copy number.
CNVs, which comprise both amplifications and deletions of DNA sequence, have been …

Reversible, spatial and temporal control over protein activity using light

MWH Hoorens, W Szymanski - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2018 - cell.com
In biomedical sciences, the function of a protein of interest is investigated by altering its net
activity and assessing the consequences for the cell or organism. To change the activity of a …

Endogenous pancreatic β cell regeneration: a potential strategy for the recovery of β cell deficiency in diabetes

F Zhong, Y Jiang - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Endogenous pancreatic β cell regeneration is a potential strategy for β cell expansion or
neogenesis to treat diabetes. Regeneration can occur through stimulation of existing β cell …

Deep flanking sequence engineering for efficient promoter design using DeepSEED

P Zhang, H Wang, H Xu, L Wei, L Liu, Z Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Designing promoters with desirable properties is essential in synthetic biology. Human
experts are skilled at identifying strong explicit patterns in small samples, while deep …