Novel CRISPR–Cas systems: an updated review of the current achievements, applications, and future research perspectives

S Nidhi, U Anand, P Oleksak, P Tripathi, JA Lal… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
According to Darwin's theory, endless evolution leads to a revolution. One such example is
the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)–Cas system, an …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 therapeutics: Progress and challenges

M Behr, J Zhou, B Xu, H Zhang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Within less than a decade since its inception, CRISPR-Cas9-based genome editing has
been rapidly advanced to human clinical trials in multiple disease areas. Although it is highly …

Immunomodulation—a general review of the current state-of-the-art and new therapeutic strategies for targeting the immune system

M Strzelec, J Detka, P Mieszczak… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, there has been a tremendous development of biotechnological,
pharmacological, and medical techniques which can be implemented in the functional …

The biology of the HIV-1 latent reservoir and implications for cure strategies

LB Cohn, N Chomont, SG Deeks - Cell host & microbe, 2020 - cell.com
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) inhibits HIV replication but is not curative. During ART, the
integrated HIV genome persists indefinitely within CD4+ T cells and perhaps other cells …

Gene editing and CRISPR in the clinic: current and future perspectives

MP Hirakawa, R Krishnakumar, JA Timlin… - Bioscience …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Genome editing technologies, particularly those based on zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs),
transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and CRISPR (clustered regularly …

Targeting herpes simplex virus with CRISPR–Cas9 cures herpetic stromal keratitis in mice

D Yin, S Ling, D Wang, Y Dai, H Jiang, X Zhou… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a leading cause of infectious blindness. Current
treatments for HSV-1 do not eliminate the virus from the site of infection or latent reservoirs in …

Curing HIV: seeking to target and clear persistent infection

DM Margolis, NM Archin, MS Cohen, JJ Eron, G Ferrari… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection persists despite years of
antiretroviral therapy (ART). To remove the stigma and burden of chronic infection …

[HTML][HTML] The paradox of HIV blood–brain barrier penetrance and antiretroviral drug delivery deficiencies

O Osborne, N Peyravian, M Nair, S Daunert… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
HIV attacks the body's immune cells, frequently compromises the integrity of the blood–brain
barrier (BBB), and infects the CNS in the early stages of infection. Dysfunction of the BBB …

HIV infects astrocytes in vivo and egresses from the brain to the periphery

V Lutgen, SD Narasipura, HJ Barbian… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
HIV invades the brain during acute infection. Yet, it is unknown whether long-lived infected
brain cells release productive virus that can egress from the brain to re-seed peripheral …

Genetically encoding multiple functionalities into extracellular vesicles for the targeted delivery of biologics to T cells

DM Stranford, LM Simons, KE Berman… - Nature biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
The genetic modification of T cells has advanced cellular immunotherapies, yet the delivery
of biologics specifically to T cells remains challenging. Here we report a suite of methods for …