CRISPR-based genome editing through the lens of DNA repair

TS Nambiar, L Baudrier, P Billon, A Ciccia - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Genome editing technologies operate by inducing site-specific DNA perturbations that are
resolved by cellular DNA repair pathways. Products of genome editors include DNA breaks …

Strategies for precise gene edits in mammalian cells

KM Fichter, T Setayesh, P Malik - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas technologies have the potential to revolutionize genetic medicine. However,
work is still needed to make this technology clinically efficient for gene correction. A barrier …

CRISPR-Cas9 Direct Fusions for Improved Genome Editing via Enhanced Homologous Recombination

T Tabassum, G Pietrogrande, M Healy… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
DNA repair in mammalian cells involves the coordinated action of a range of complex
cellular repair machinery. Our understanding of these DNA repair processes has advanced …

Proximal binding of dCas9 at a DNA double strand break stimulates homology-directed repair as a local inhibitor of classical non-homologous end joining

YL Feng, SC Liu, RD Chen, XN Sun… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, the tight and persistent target binding of Cas9 provides an
opportunity for efficient genetic and epigenetic modification on genome. In particular …

Examination of the cell cycle dependence of cytosine and adenine base editors

CA Burnett, AT Wong, CA Vasquez… - Frontiers in Genome …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Base editors (BEs) are genome editing agents that install point mutations with high efficiency
and specificity. Due to their reliance on uracil and inosine DNA damage intermediates …

Hematopoietic stem and progenitors cells gene editing: Beyond blood disorders

V Buffa, JR Alvarez Vargas, A Galy… - Frontiers in Genome …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Lessons learned from decades-long practice in the transplantation of hematopoietic stem
and progenitor cells (HSPCs) to treat severe inherited disorders or cancer, have set the …

Fusion of histone variants to Cas9 suppresses non-homologous end joining

T Kato-Inui, G Takahashi, T Ono, Y Miyaoka - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
As a versatile genome editing tool, the CRISPR-Cas9 system induces DNA double-strand
breaks at targeted sites to activate mainly two DNA repair pathways: HDR which allows …

[HTML][HTML] From nuclease-based gene knock-in to prime editing–promising technologies of precision gene engineering

T Sakuma - Gene and Genome Editing, 2022 - Elsevier
Gene knock-in can be defined as the introduction of precisely determined modifications,
insertions, or replacements to the genome, which enables the generation of reporter cells …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout strategies for enhancing immunotherapy in breast cancer

C Xu - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2024 - Springer
Breast cancer, a prevalent disease with significant mortality rates, often presents treatment
challenges due to its complex genetic makeup. This review explores the potential of …

Discovery and Engineering of Retrons for Precise Genome Editing

JD Buffington, HC Kuo, K Hu, YC Chang, K Javanmardi… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Retrons are promising gene editing tools because they can produce multi-copy single-
stranded DNA in cells via self-primed reverse transcription. However, their potential for …