Epigenetic regulation in metabolic diseases: mechanisms and advances in clinical study

YL Wu, ZJ Lin, CC Li, X Lin, SK Shan, B Guo… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Epigenetics regulates gene expression and has been confirmed to play a critical role in a
variety of metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …

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 …

Advances in CRISPR therapeutics

M Chavez, X Chen, PB Finn, LS Qi - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 - nature.com
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) renaissance was
catalysed by the discovery that RNA-guided prokaryotic CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins …

DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease

ZD Smith, S Hetzel, A Meissner - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The DNA methylation field has matured from a phase of discovery and genomic
characterization to one seeking deeper functional understanding of how this modification …

Epigenetic regulation in major depression and other stress-related disorders: molecular mechanisms, clinical relevance and therapeutic potential

M Yuan, B Yang, G Rothschild, JJ Mann… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic, generally episodic and debilitating disease
that affects an estimated 300 million people worldwide, but its pathogenesis is poorly …

Therapeutic approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

TC Roberts, MJA Wood, KE Davies - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a monogenic muscle-wasting disorder and a
priority candidate for molecular and cellular therapeutics. Although rare, it is the most …

Applications of genome editing technology in the targeted therapy of human diseases: mechanisms, advances and prospects

H Li, Y Yang, W Hong, M Huang, M Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Based on engineered or bacterial nucleases, the development of genome editing
technologies has opened up the possibility of directly targeting and modifying genomic …

Delivery of CRISPR-Cas tools for in vivo genome editing therapy: Trends and challenges

EA Taha, J Lee, A Hotta - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
The discovery of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)
genome editing technology opened the door to provide a versatile approach for treating …

CRISPR technologies for precise epigenome editing

M Nakamura, Y Gao, AA Dominguez, LS Qi - Nature Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
The epigenome involves a complex set of cellular processes governing genomic activity.
Dissecting this complexity necessitates the development of tools capable of specifically …

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 …