Maximizing CRISPRi efficacy and accessibility with dual-sgRNA libraries and optimal effectors

JM Replogle, JL Bonnar, AN Pogson, CR Liem… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) enables programmable, reversible, and titratable
repression of gene expression (knockdown) in mammalian cells. Initial CRISPRi-mediated …

Genome-wide CRISPR screen reveals v-ATPase as a drug target to lower levels of ALS protein ataxin-2

G Kim, L Nakayama, JA Blum, T Akiyama… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Mutations in the ataxin-2 gene (ATXN2) cause the neurodegenerative disorders
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). A therapeutic …

The tumor-driven antibody-mediated immune response in cancer

P Paparoditis, Z Shulman - Current Opinion in Immunology, 2024 - Elsevier
Immune cells in the tumor microenvironment play a crucial role in cancer prognosis and
response to immunotherapy. Recent studies highlight the significance of tumor-infiltrating B …

Gene modulation with CRISPR-based tools in human iPSC-cardiomyocytes

JL Han, E Entcheva - Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2023 - Springer
Precise control of gene expression (knock-out, knock-in, knockdown or overexpression) is at
the heart of functional genomics–an approach to dissect the contribution of a gene/protein to …

Massively parallel in vivo Perturb-seq reveals cell-type-specific transcriptional networks in cortical development

X Zheng, B Wu, Y Liu, SK Simmons, K Kim, GS Clarke… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Leveraging AAVs' versatile tropism and labeling capacity, we expanded the scale of in vivo
CRISPR screening with single-cell transcriptomic phenotyping across embryonic to adult …

Engineered CRISPR-Cas12a for higher-order combinatorial chromatin perturbations

CCS Hsiung, CM Wilson, NA Sambold, R Dai… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multiplexed genetic perturbations are critical for testing functional interactions among coding
or non-coding genetic elements. Compared to double-stranded DNA cutting, repressive …

CRISPRi: a way to integrate iPSC-derived neuronal models

SNJ Franks, R Heon-Roberts… - Biochemical Society …, 2024 - portlandpress.com
The genetic landscape of neurodegenerative diseases encompasses genes affecting
multiple cellular pathways which exert effects in an array of neuronal and glial cell-types …

The Current Situation and Development Prospect of Whole-Genome Screening

C Yang, Y Lei, T Ren, M Yao - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
High-throughput genetic screening is useful for discovering critical genes or gene
sequences that trigger specific cell functions and/or phenotypes. Loss-of-function genetic …

Understanding neural development and diseases using CRISPR screens in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cultures

M Ahmed, J Muffat, Y Li - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The brain is arguably the most complex part of the human body in form and function. Much
remains unclear about the molecular mechanisms that regulate its normal and pathological …

Higher-order combinatorial chromatin perturbations by engineered CRISPR-Cas12a for functional genomics

CC Hsiung, CM Wilson, NA Sambold, R Dai, Q Chen… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Multiplexed genetic perturbations are critical for testing functional interactions among coding
or non-coding genetic elements. Compared to double-stranded DNA cutting, repressive …