In vivo somatic cell base editing and prime editing

GA Newby, DR Liu - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
Recent advances in genome editing technologies have magnified the prospect of single-
dose cures for many genetic diseases. For most genetic disorders, precise DNA correction is …

Genetic engineering meets hematopoietic stem cell biology for next-generation gene therapy

S Ferrari, E Valeri, A Conti, S Scala, A Aprile… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The growing clinical success of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell (HSPC) gene therapy
(GT) relies on the development of viral vectors as portable" Trojan horses" for safe and …

Ex vivo prime editing of patient haematopoietic stem cells rescues sickle-cell disease phenotypes after engraftment in mice

KA Everette, GA Newby, RM Levine… - Nature biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is caused by an A· T-to-T· A transversion mutation in the β-globin
gene (HBB). Here we show that prime editing can correct the SCD allele (HBB S) to wild …

High-efficiency transgene integration by homology-directed repair in human primary cells using DNA-PKcs inhibition

S Selvaraj, WN Feist, S Viel, S Vaidyanathan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Therapeutic applications of nuclease-based genome editing would benefit from improved
methods for transgene integration via homology-directed repair (HDR). To improve HDR …

Choice of template delivery mitigates the genotoxic risk and adverse impact of editing in human hematopoietic stem cells

S Ferrari, A Jacob, D Cesana, M Laugel, S Beretta… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Long-range gene editing by homology-directed repair (HDR) in hematopoietic
stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) often relies on viral transduction with recombinant adeno …

In vivo HSC prime editing rescues sickle cell disease in a mouse model

C Li, A Georgakopoulou, GA Newby… - Blood, The Journal …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic disease caused by a nucleotide mutation in the β-
globin gene. Current gene therapy studies are mainly focused on lentiviral vector–mediated …

Comprehensive analysis and accurate quantification of unintended large gene modifications induced by CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing

SH Park, M Cao, Y Pan, TH Davis, L Saxena… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Most genome editing analyses to date are based on quantifying small insertions and
deletions. Here, we show that CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing can induce large gene …

Successes and challenges in clinical gene therapy

DB Kohn, YY Chen, MJ Spencer - Gene Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the ups and downs in the field over three decades, the science of gene therapy has
continued to advance and provide enduring treatments for increasing number of diseases …

Sickle cell disease: from genetics to curative approaches

G Hardouin, E Magrin, A Corsia… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic blood disease caused by a point mutation in the
gene coding for β-globin. The abnormal hemoglobin [sickle hemoglobin (HbS)] polymerizes …

Recent advances in CRISPR-based genome editing technology and its applications in cardiovascular research

ZH Li, J Wang, JP Xu, J Wang, X Yang - Military Medical Research, 2023 - Springer
The rapid development of genome editing technology has brought major breakthroughs in
the fields of life science and medicine. In recent years, the clustered regularly interspaced …