CRISPR technologies for genome, epigenome and transcriptome editing

L Villiger, J Joung, L Koblan, J Weissman… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Our ability to edit genomes lags behind our capacity to sequence them, but the growing
understanding of CRISPR biology and its application to genome, epigenome and …

CRISPR/Cas9 therapeutics: progress and prospects

T Li, Y Yang, H Qi, W Cui, L Zhang, X Fu, X He… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated
protein 9 (Cas9) gene-editing technology is the ideal tool of the future for treating diseases …

APOE4/4 is linked to damaging lipid droplets in Alzheimer's disease microglia

MS Haney, R Pálovics, CN Munson, C Long… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Several genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease implicate genes involved in lipid
metabolism and many of these lipid genes are highly expressed in glial cells. However, the …

Engineering the next generation of cell-based therapeutics

CJ Bashor, IB Hilton, H Bandukwala… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Cell-based therapeutics are an emerging modality with the potential to treat many currently
intractable diseases through uniquely powerful modes of action. Despite notable recent …

Epigenome editing technologies for discovery and medicine

SR McCutcheon, D Rohm, N Iglesias… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenome editing has rapidly evolved in recent years, with diverse applications that
include elucidating gene regulation mechanisms, annotating coding and noncoding …

Gene-encoding DNA origami for mammalian cell expression

JA Kretzmann, A Liedl, A Monferrer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
DNA origami may enable more versatile gene delivery applications through its ability to
create custom nanoscale objects with specific targeting, cell-invading, and intracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Glia-to-neuron conversion by CRISPR-CasRx alleviates symptoms of neurological disease in mice

H Zhou, J Su, X Hu, C Zhou, H Li, Z Chen, Q **ao… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Conversion of glial cells into functional neurons represents a potential therapeutic approach
for replenishing neuronal loss associated with neurodegenerative diseases and brain injury …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo interaction screening reveals liver-derived constraints to metastasis

C Borrelli, M Roberts, D Eletto, MD Hussherr, H Fazilaty… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
It is estimated that only 0.02% of disseminated tumour cells are able to seed overt
metastases. While this suggests the presence of environmental constraints to metastatic …

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: achievements, future, and sustainability in Asia

F Han, J Wang, L Ding, Y Hu, W Li, Z Yuan… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Exploring innovative solutions to improve the healthcare of the aging and diseased
population continues to be a global challenge. Among a number of strategies toward this …

CRISPR-Cas-mediated transcriptional modulation: The therapeutic promises of CRISPRa and CRISPRi

L Bendixen, TI Jensen, RO Bak - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
The CRISPR-Cas system is commonly known for its ability to cleave DNA in a
programmable manner, which has democratized gene editing and facilitated recent …