Genetic engineering meets hematopoietic stem cell biology for next-generation gene therapy

S Ferrari, E Valeri, A Conti, S Scala, A Aprile… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The growing clinical success of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell (HSPC) gene therapy
(GT) relies on the development of viral vectors as portable" Trojan horses" for safe and …

In vivo CRISPR base editing of PCSK9 durably lowers cholesterol in primates

K Musunuru, AC Chadwick, T Mizoguchi, SP Garcia… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Gene-editing technologies, which include the CRISPR–Cas nucleases 1, 2, 3 and CRISPR
base editors 4, 5, have the potential to permanently modify disease-causing genes in …

Clinical genome editing to treat sickle cell disease—a brief update

P Zarghamian, J Klermund, T Cathomen - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common hemoglobinopathies. Due to its high
prevalence, with about 20 million affected individuals worldwide, the development of novel …

Genome-wide profiling of prime editor off-target sites in vitro and in vivo using PE-tag

SQ Liang, P Liu, K Ponnienselvan, S Suresh, Z Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Prime editors have a broad range of potential research and clinical applications. However,
methods to delineate their genome-wide editing activities have generally relied on indirect …

Efficient in vivo prime editing corrects the most frequent phenylketonuria variant, associated with high unmet medical need

DL Brooks, MN Whittaker, P Qu, K Musunuru… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The c. 1222C> T (p. Arg408Trp) variant in the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene
(PAH) is the most frequent cause of phenylketonuria (PKU), the most common inborn error of …

Rapid and definitive treatment of phenylketonuria in variant-humanized mice with corrective editing

DL Brooks, MJ Carrasco, P Qu, WH Peranteau… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Phenylketonuria (PKU), an autosomal recessive disorder caused by pathogenic variants in
the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene, results in the accumulation of blood …

CRISPR-Cas9 treatment partially restores amyloid-β 42/40 in human fibroblasts with the Alzheimer's disease PSEN1 M146L mutation

E Konstantinidis, A Molisak, F Perrin… - … therapy-Nucleic acids, 2022 - cell.com
Presenilin 1 (PS1) is a central component of γ-secretase, an enzymatic complex involved in
the generation of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide that deposits as plaques in the Alzheimer's …

TAPE-seq is a cell-based method for predicting genome-wide off-target effects of prime editor

J Kwon, M Kim, S Bae, A Jo, Y Kim, JK Lee - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Prime editors (PEs) are powerful tools that widen the possibilities for sequence modifications
during genome editing. Although methods based on the analysis of Cas9 nuclease or …

Spacer Fidelity Assessments of Guide RNA by Top-Down Mass Spectrometry

LA Macias, SP Garcia, KM Back, Y Wu… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The advancement of CRISPR-based gene editing tools into biotherapeutics offers the
potential for cures to genetic disorders and for new treatment paradigms for even common …

Evaluation of cytosine base editing and adenine base editing as a potential treatment for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

MS Packer, V Chowdhary, G Lung, LI Cheng… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a rare autosomal codominant disease caused by
mutations within the SERPINA1 gene. The most prevalent variant in patients is PiZ …