Use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system to produce genetically engineered pigs from in vitro-derived oocytes and embryos

KM Whitworth, K Lee, JA Benne, BP Beaton… - Biology of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Targeted modification of the pig genome can be challenging. Recent applications of the
CRISPR/Cas9 system hold promise for improving the efficacy of genome editing. When a …

Production of Pigs From Porcine Embryos Generated in vitro

PR Chen, K Uh, BK Redel, ED Reese… - Frontiers in Animal …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Generating porcine embryos in vitro is a critical process for creating genetically modified
pigs as agricultural and biomedical models; however, these embryo technologies have been …

Rodent Models of Huntington's Disease: An Overview

G Nittari, P Roy, I Martinelli, V Bellitto, D Tomassoni… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal-dominant inherited neurological disorder caused
by a genetic mutation in the IT15 gene. This neurodegenerative disorder is caused by a …

Production of CFTR-null and CFTR-ΔF508 heterozygous pigs by adeno-associated virus–mediated gene targeting and somatic cell nuclear transfer

CS Rogers, Y Hao, T Rokhlina… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Progress toward understanding the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis (CF) and developing
effective therapies has been hampered by lack of a relevant animal model. CF mice fail to …

Generation of human endothelium in pig embryos deficient in ETV2

S Das, N Koyano-Nakagawa, O Gafni, G Maeng… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The scarcity of donor organs may be addressed in the future by using pigs to grow
humanized organs with lower potential for immunological rejection after transplantation in …

Significant improvement in cloning efficiency of an inbred miniature pig by histone deacetylase inhibitor treatment after somatic cell nuclear transfer

J Zhao, JW Ross, Y Hao, LD Spate… - Biology of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The National Institutes of Health (NIH) miniature pig was developed specifically for
xenotransplantation and has been extensively used as a large-animal model in many other …

Coordination of zygotic genome activation entry and exit by H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 in porcine early embryos

G Bu, W Zhu, X Liu, J Zhang, L Yu, K Zhou… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
Histone modifications are critical epigenetic indicators of chromatin state associated with
gene expression. Although the reprogramming patterns of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 have …

A genetic porcine model of cancer

LB Schook, TV Collares, W Hu, Y Liang, FM Rodrigues… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The large size of the pig and its similarity in anatomy, physiology, metabolism, and genetics
to humans make it an ideal platform to develop a genetically defined, large animal model of …

Expression of Huntington's disease protein results in apoptotic neurons in the brains of cloned transgenic pigs

D Yang, CE Wang, B Zhao, W Li… - Human molecular …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Neurodegeneration is a hallmark of many neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's,
Parkinson's and the polyglutamine diseases, which are all caused by misfolded proteins that …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of an inbred miniature pig model of retinitis pigmentosa

JW Ross, JPF de Castro, J Zhao… - … & visual science, 2012 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: The Pro23His (P23H) rhodopsin (RHO) mutation underlies the most common form
of human autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP). The objective of this …