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 …

Reversing the central dogma: RNA-guided control of DNA in epigenetics and genome editing

HY Chang, LS Qi - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The Central Dogma of the flow of genetic information is arguably the crowning
achievement of 20 th century molecular biology. Reversing the flow of information from RNA …

Development of compact transcriptional effectors using high-throughput measurements in diverse contexts

J Tycko, MV Van, Aradhana, N DelRosso, H Ye… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Transcriptional effectors are protein domains known to activate or repress gene expression;
however, a systematic understanding of which effector domains regulate transcription across …

CRISPR-assisted transcription activation by phase-separation proteins

J Liu, Y Chen, B Nong, X Luo, K Cui, Z Li… - Protein & …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 system has
been widely used for genome engineering and transcriptional regulation in many different …

On RNA-programmable gene modulation as a versatile set of principles targeting muscular dystrophies

S Capelletti, SCG Soto, MAFV Gonçalves - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
The repurposing of RNA-programmable CRISPR systems from genome editing into
epigenome editing tools is gaining pace, including in research and development efforts …

A modular dCas9-based recruitment platform for combinatorial epigenome editing

T Swain, C Pflueger, S Freytag, D Poppe… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Targeted epigenome editing tools allow precise manipulation and investigation of genome
modifications, however they often display high context dependency and variable efficacy …

Artificial transcription factors: technology development and applications in cell reprogramming, genetic screen, and disease treatment

Y Sang, L Xu, Z Bao - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Gene dysregulations are associated with many human diseases, such as cancers and
hereditary diseases. Artificial transcription factors (ATFs) are synthetic molecular tools to …

Tailoring a CRISPR/Cas-based Epigenome Editor for Programmable Chromatin Acylation and Decreased Cytotoxicity

J Goell, J Li, B Mahata, AJ Ma, S Kim, S Shah… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Engineering histone acylation states can inform mechanistic epigenetics and catalyze
therapeutic epigenome editing opportunities. Here, we developed engineered lysine …

Bidirectional epigenetic editing reveals hierarchies in gene regulation

NM Pacalin, Z Steinhart, Q Shi, JA Belk… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
CRISPR perturbation methods are limited in their ability to study non-coding elements and
genetic interactions. In this study, we developed a system for bidirectional epigenetic editing …

Characterization of transcriptional enhancers in the chicken genome using CRISPR-mediated activation

JH Han, HJ Lee, TH Kim - Frontiers in Genome Editing, 2023 - frontiersin.org
DNA regulatory elements intricately control when, where, and how genes are activated.
Therefore, understanding the function of these elements could unveil the complexity of the …