CRISPR technologies for genome, epigenome and transcriptome editing

L Villiger, J Joung, L Koblan, J Weissman… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Our ability to edit genomes lags behind our capacity to sequence them, but the growing
understanding of CRISPR biology and its application to genome, epigenome and …

Past, present, and future of CRISPR genome editing technologies

M Pacesa, O Pelea, M Jinek - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Genome editing has been a transformative force in the life sciences and human medicine,
offering unprecedented opportunities to dissect complex biological processes and treat the …

Efficient engineering of human and mouse primary cells using peptide-assisted genome editing

Z Zhang, AE Baxter, D Ren, K Qin, Z Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Simple, efficient and well-tolerated delivery of CRISPR genome editing systems into primary
cells remains a major challenge. Here we describe an engineered Peptide-Assisted …

Functional annotation of variants of the BRCA2 gene via locally haploid human pluripotent stem cells

H Li, R Bartke, L Zhao, Y Verma, A Horacek… - Nature Biomedical …, 2024 - nature.com
Mutations in the BRCA2 gene are associated with sporadic and familial cancer, cause
genomic instability and sensitize cancer cells to inhibition by the poly (ADP-ribose) …

Continuous directed evolution of a compact CjCas9 variant with broad PAM compatibility

L Schmidheini, N Mathis, KF Marquart… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas9 genome engineering is a powerful technology for correcting genetic
diseases. However, the targeting range of Cas9 proteins is limited by their requirement for a …

Efficient gene knockout and genetic interaction screening using the in4mer CRISPR/Cas12a multiplex knockout platform

N Esmaeili Anvar, C Lin, X Ma, LL Wilson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Genetic interactions mediate the emergence of phenotype from genotype, but technologies
for combinatorial genetic perturbation in mammalian cells are challenging to scale. Here, we …

Prime editing using CRISPR-Cas12a and circular RNAs in human cells

R Liang, Z He, KT Zhao, H Zhu, J Hu, G Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Genome editing with prime editors based on CRISPR-Cas9 is limited by the large size of the
system and the requirement for a G/C-rich protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) sequence …

Molecular basis and engineering of miniature Cas12f with C-rich PAM specificity

M Su, F Li, Y Wang, Y Gao, W Lan, Z Shao… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas12f nucleases are currently one of the smallest genome editors, exhibiting
advantages for efficient delivery via cargo-size-limited adeno-associated virus delivery …

An adenine base editor variant expands context compatibility

YL Xiao, Y Wu, W Tang - Nature Biotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Adenine base editors (ABEs) are precise gene-editing agents that convert A: T pairs into G:
C through a deoxyinosine intermediate. Existing ABEs function most effectively when the …

Computational prediction and experimental validation identify functionally conserved lncRNAs from zebrafish to human

W Huang, T Xiong, Y Zhao, J Heng, G Han, P Wang… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Functional studies of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been hindered by the lack of
methods to assess their evolution. Here we present lncRNA Homology Explorer (lncHOME) …