Genome-wide mapping and analysis of chromosome architecture

AD Schmitt, M Hu, B Ren - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
Chromosomes of eukaryotes adopt highly dynamic and complex hierarchical structures in
the nucleus. The three-dimensional (3D) organization of chromosomes profoundly affects …

Regulation of disease-associated gene expression in the 3D genome

PHL Krijger, W De Laat - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
Genetic variation associated with disease often appears in non-coding parts of the genome.
Understanding the mechanisms by which this phenomenon leads to disease is necessary to …

High-yield genome engineering in primary cells using a hybrid ssDNA repair template and small-molecule cocktails

BR Shy, VS Vykunta, A Ha, A Talbot, TL Roth… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Enhancing CRISPR-mediated site-specific transgene insertion efficiency by homology-
directed repair (HDR) using high concentrations of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) with …

Targeting a CAR to the TRAC locus with CRISPR/Cas9 enhances tumour rejection

J Eyquem, J Mansilla-Soto, T Giavridis… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are synthetic receptors that redirect and reprogram T
cells to mediate tumour rejection. The most successful CARs used to date are those …

Haplotyping germline and cancer genomes with high-throughput linked-read sequencing

GXY Zheng, BT Lau, M Schnall-Levin, M Jarosz… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Haplotyping of human chromosomes is a prerequisite for cataloguing the full repertoire of
genetic variation. We present a microfluidics-based, linked-read sequencing technology that …

Endowing universal CAR T-cell with immune-evasive properties using TALEN-gene editing

S Jo, S Das, A Williams, AS Chretien… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Universal CAR T-cell therapies are poised to revolutionize cancer treatment and to improve
patient outcomes. However, realizing these advantages in an allogeneic setting requires …

Activating ESR1 Mutations Differentially Affect the Efficacy of ER Antagonists

W Toy, H Weir, P Razavi, M Lawson, AU Goeppert… - Cancer discovery, 2017 - AACR
Recent studies have identified somatic ESR1 mutations in patients with metastatic breast
cancer and found some of them to promote estrogen-independent activation of the receptor …

tRNA overexpression rescues peripheral neuropathy caused by mutations in tRNA synthetase

A Zuko, M Mallik, R Thompson, EL Spaulding… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Heterozygous mutations in six transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetase genes cause Charcot-Marie-
Tooth (CMT) peripheral neuropathy. CMT mutant tRNA synthetases inhibit protein synthesis …

Integrative detection and analysis of structural variation in cancer genomes

JR Dixon, J Xu, V Dileep, Y Zhan, F Song, VT Le… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Structural variants (SVs) can contribute to oncogenesis through a variety of mechanisms.
Despite their importance, the identification of SVs in cancer genomes remains challenging …

Fate-mapping post-hypoxic tumor cells reveals a ROS-resistant phenotype that promotes metastasis

I Godet, YJ Shin, JA Ju, IC Ye, G Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Hypoxia is known to be detrimental in cancer and contributes to its development. In this
work, we present an approach to fate-map hypoxic cells in vivo in order to determine their …