ZFN, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas-based methods for genome engineering

T Gaj, CA Gersbach, CF Barbas - Trends in biotechnology, 2013 - cell.com
Zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) and transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs)
comprise a powerful class of tools that are redefining the boundaries of biological research …

A guide to genome engineering with programmable nucleases

H Kim, JS Kim - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Programmable nucleases—including zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-
like effector nucleases (TALENs) and RNA-guided engineered nucleases (RGENs) derived …

A TALE nuclease architecture for efficient genome editing

JC Miller, S Tan, G Qiao, KA Barlow, J Wang… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Nucleases that cleave unique genomic sequences in living cells can be used for targeted
gene editing and mutagenesis. Here we develop a strategy for generating such reagents …

Genome editing with engineered zinc finger nucleases

FD Urnov, EJ Rebar, MC Holmes, HS Zhang… - Nature Reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
Reverse genetics in model organisms such as Drosophila melanogaster, Arabidopsis
thaliana, zebrafish and rats, efficient genome engineering in human embryonic stem and …

Efficient TALEN-mediated gene knockout in livestock

DF Carlson, W Tan, SG Lillico… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) are programmable nucleases that
join FokI endonuclease with the modular DNA-binding domain of TALEs. Although zinc …

A foundation for universal T-cell based immunotherapy: T cells engineered to express a CD19-specific chimeric-antigen-receptor and eliminate expression of …

H Torikai, A Reik, PQ Liu, Y Zhou… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Clinical-grade T cells are genetically modified ex vivo to express a chimeric antigen receptor
(CAR) to redirect specificity to a tumor associated antigen (TAA) thereby conferring antitumor …

Saturation editing of genomic regions by multiplex homology-directed repair

GM Findlay, EA Boyle, RJ Hause, JC Klein, J Shendure - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Saturation mutagenesis,—coupled to an appropriate biological assay—represents a
fundamental means of achieving a high-resolution understanding of regulatory and protein …

Optimization of scarless human stem cell genome editing

L Yang, M Guell, S Byrne, JL Yang… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Efficient strategies for precise genome editing in human-induced pluripotent cells (hiPSCs)
will enable sophisticated genome engineering for research and clinical purposes. The …

Editing T cell specificity towards leukemia by zinc finger nucleases and lentiviral gene transfer

E Provasi, P Genovese, A Lombardo, Z Magnani… - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
The transfer of high-avidity T cell receptor (TCR) genes isolated from rare tumor-specific
lymphocytes into polyclonal T cells is an attractive cancer immunotherapy strategy …

Evaluation of TCR gene editing achieved by TALENs, CRISPR/Cas9, and megaTAL nucleases

MJ Osborn, BR Webber, F Knipping, C Lonetree… - Molecular Therapy, 2016 - cell.com
Present adoptive immunotherapy strategies are based on the re-targeting of autologous T-
cells to recognize tumor antigens. As T-cell properties may vary significantly between …