Engineered viruses as genome editing devices

X Chen, MAFV Gonçalves - Molecular Therapy, 2016 - cell.com
Genome editing based on sequence-specific designer nucleases, also known as
programmable nucleases, seeks to modify in a targeted and precise manner the genetic …

Genome editing in crop improvement: Present scenario and future prospects

GS Miglani - Journal of Crop Improvement, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Genome editing refers to a process by which a specific chromosomal sequence is changed.
The edited chromosomal sequence may comprise an insertion of at least one nucleotide, a …

Prostaglandin E2 increases lentiviral vector transduction efficiency of adult human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

GC Heffner, M Bonner, L Christiansen, FJ Pierciey… - Molecular Therapy, 2018 - cell.com
Gene therapy currently in development for hemoglobinopathies utilizes ex vivo lentiviral
transduction of CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). A small-molecule …

Inhibition of histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) and HDAC2 enhances CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing

B Liu, S Chen, AL Rose, D Chen, F Cao… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Despite the rapid development of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology, the
gene editing potential of CRISPR/Cas9 is hampered by low efficiency, especially for clinical …

Enhanced generation of induced cardiomyocytes using a small‐molecule cocktail to overcome barriers to cardiac cellular reprogramming

VP Singh, JP Pinnamaneni, A Pugazenthi… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ahajournals.org
Background Given known inefficiencies in reprogramming of fibroblasts into mature induced
cardiomyocytes (iCM s), we sought to identify small molecules that would overcome these …

Integrase-defective lentiviral vector is an efficient vaccine platform for cancer immunotherapy

V Morante, M Borghi, I Farina, Z Michelini, F Grasso… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Integrase-defective lentiviral vectors (IDLVs) have been used as a safe and efficient delivery
system in several immunization protocols in murine and non-human primate preclinical …

Histones are rapidly loaded onto unintegrated retroviral DNAs soon after nuclear entry

GZ Wang, Y Wang, SP Goff - Cell host & microbe, 2016 - cell.com
Chromosomal structure of nuclear DNA is usually maintained by insertion of nucleosomes
into preexisting chromatin, both on newly synthesized DNA at replication forks and at sites of …

HDAC inhibitors improve CRISPR-mediated HDR editing efficiency in iPSCs

JP Zhang, ZX Yang, F Zhang, YW Fu, XY Dai… - Science China Life …, 2021 - Springer
Genome-edited human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) hold great promise for
therapeutic applications. However, low editing efficiency has hampered the applications of …

A genome editing primer for the hematologist

MD Hoban, DE Bauer - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Gene editing enables the site-specific modification of the genome. These technologies have
rapidly advanced such that they have entered common use in experimental hematology to …

Immortalizing mesenchymal stromal cells from aged donors while kee** their essential features

M Piñeiro-Ramil, R Castro-Viñuelas… - Stem Cells …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Human bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) obtained from aged
patients are prone to senesce and diminish their differentiation potential, therefore limiting …