Computational tools and resources for CRISPR/Cas genome editing

C Li, W Chu, RA Gill, S Sang, Y Shi, X Hu… - Genomics …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The past decade has witnessed a rapid evolution in identifying more versatile clustered
regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein (Cas) …

[HTML][HTML] Design and analysis of CRISPR–Cas experiments

RE Hanna, JG Doench - Nature biotechnology, 2020 - nature.com
A large and ever-expanding set of CRISPR–Cas systems now enables the rapid and flexible
manipulation of genomes in both targeted and large-scale experiments. Numerous software …

Deletion of SNX9 alleviates CD8 T cell exhaustion for effective cellular cancer immunotherapy

MP Trefny, N Kirchhammer, P Auf der Maur… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tumor-specific T cells are frequently exhausted by chronic antigenic stimulation. We here
report on a human antigen-specific ex vivo model to explore new therapeutic options for T …

LRP8‐mediated selenocysteine uptake is a targetable vulnerability in MYCN‐amplified neuroblastoma

H Alborzinia, Z Chen, U Yildiz, FP Freitas… - EMBO Molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
Ferroptosis has emerged as an attractive strategy in cancer therapy. Understanding the
operational networks regulating ferroptosis may unravel vulnerabilities that could be …

A genome-wide CRISPR screen reveals a role for the non-canonical nucleosome-remodeling BAF complex in Foxp3 expression and regulatory T cell function

CS Loo, J Gatchalian, Y Liang, M Leblanc, M Xie, J Ho… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells play a pivotal role in suppressing auto-reactive T cells and
maintaining immune homeostasis. Treg cell development and function are dependent on the …

[HTML][HTML] Self-guarding of MORC3 enables virulence factor-triggered immunity

MM Gaidt, A Morrow, MR Fairgrieve, JP Karr, N Yosef… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Pathogens use virulence factors to inhibit the immune system. The guard hypothesis,
postulates that hosts monitor (or 'guard') critical innate immune pathways such that their …

RNAi/CRISPR screens: from a pool to a valid hit

A Schuster, H Erasimus, S Fritah, PV Nazarov… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
High-throughput genetic screens interfering with gene expression are invaluable tools to
identify gene function and phenotype-to-genotype interactions. Implementing such screens …

A multiscale map of the stem cell state in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

NK Lytle, LP Ferguson, N Rajbhandari, K Gilroy… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Drug resistance and relapse remain key challenges in pancreatic cancer. Here, we have
used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-seq, and genome …

[HTML][HTML] The ER stress sensor IRE1 interacts with STIM1 to promote store-operated calcium entry, T cell activation, and muscular differentiation

A Carreras-Sureda, X Zhang, L Laubry, J Brunetti… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Store-operated Ca 2+ entry (SOCE) mediated by stromal interacting molecule
(STIM)-gated ORAI channels at endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and plasma membrane (PM) …

Synthetic Lethal Screens Reveal Cotargeting FAK and MEK as a Multimodal Precision Therapy for GNAQ-Driven Uveal Melanoma

JS Paradis, M Acosta, R Saddawi-Konefka… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Uveal melanoma is the most common eye cancer in adults. Approximately 50% of
patients with uveal melanoma develop metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM) in the liver, even …