Gene editing and its applications in biomedicine

G Li, X Li, S Zhuang, L Wang, Y Zhu, Y Chen… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
The steady progress in genome editing, especially genome editing based on the use of
clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and programmable …

Development of a gene-editing approach to restore vision loss in Leber congenital amaurosis type 10

ML Maeder, M Stefanidakis, CJ Wilson, R Baral… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Leber congenital amaurosis type 10 is a severe retinal dystrophy caused by mutations in the
CEP290 gene,. We developed EDIT-101, a candidate genome-editing therapeutic, to …

[HTML][HTML] Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA): potential for improvement of vision

AV Cideciyan, SG Jacobson - Investigative Ophthalmology & …, 2019 - jov.arvojournals.org
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a group of monogenic inherited retinal degenerations
that typically show early onset and severe visual dysfunction. In addition, there is a natural …

Identification and correction of mechanisms underlying inherited blindness in human iPSC-derived optic cups

DA Parfitt, A Lane, CM Ramsden, AJF Carr, PM Munro… - Cell stem cell, 2016 - cell.com
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is an inherited retinal dystrophy that causes childhood
blindness. Photoreceptors are especially sensitive to an intronic mutation in the cilia-related …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing as a therapeutic approach for Leber congenital amaurosis 10

GX Ruan, E Barry, D Yu, M Lukason, SH Cheng… - Molecular therapy, 2017 - cell.com
As the most common subtype of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), LCA10 is a severe
retinal dystrophy caused by mutations in the CEP290 gene. The most frequent mutation …

In vitro and in vivo rescue of aberrant splicing in CEP290-associated LCA by antisense oligonucleotide delivery

A Garanto, DC Chung, L Duijkers… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a severe disorder resulting in visual impairment
usually starting in the first year of life. The most frequent genetic cause of LCA is an intronic …

Gene Editing for CEP290-Associated Retinal Degeneration

EA Pierce, TS Aleman, KT Jayasundera… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background CEP290-associated inherited retinal degeneration causes severe early-onset
vision loss due to pathogenic variants in CEP290. EDIT-101 is a clustered regularly …

RDH12 mutations cause a severe retinal degeneration with relatively spared rod function

TS Aleman, KE Uyhazi, LW Serrano… - … & Visual Science, 2018 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To describe the retinal phenotype of pediatric patients with mutations in the retinol
dehydrogenase 12 (RDH12) gene. Methods: Twenty-one patients from 14 families (ages 2 …

Insights into photoreceptor ciliogenesis revealed by animal models

W Baehr, C Hanke-Gogokhia, A Sharif, M Reed… - Progress in retinal and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Photoreceptors are polarized neurons, with very specific subcellular compartmentalization
and unique requirements for protein expression and trafficking. Each photoreceptor contains …

[HTML][HTML] Outcome measures for clinical trials of Leber congenital amaurosis caused by the intronic mutation in the CEP290 gene

SG Jacobson, AV Cideciyan… - … & visual science, 2017 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To determine efficacy outcome measures for clinical trials of Leber congenital
amaurosis (LCA) associated with a common intronic mutation in the CEP290 gene …