NHEJ inhibitor SCR7 and its different forms: Promising CRISPR tools for genome engineering

U Ray, SV Vartak, SC Raghavan - Gene, 2020 - Elsevier
The CRISPR-Cas system currently stands as one of the best multifaceted tools for site-
specific genome engineering in mammals. An important aspect of research in this field …

Inhibition of nonhomologous end joining to increase the specificity of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing

SV Vartak, SC Raghavan - The FEBS journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
DNA repair, one of the fundamental processes occurring in a cell, safeguards the genome
and maintains its integrity. Among various DNA lesions, double‐strand breaks are …

Recent advances in CRISPR‐Cas9 genome editing technology for biological and biomedical investigations

V Singh, N Gohil, R Ramirez Garcia… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Type II CRISPR‐Cas9 system is a simple, efficient, and versatile tool for
targeted genome editing in a wide range of organisms and cell types. It continues to gain …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecules enhance CRISPR genome editing in pluripotent stem cells

C Yu, Y Liu, T Ma, K Liu, S Xu, Y Zhang, H Liu… - Cell stem cell, 2015 - cell.com
The bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 system has emerged as an effective tool for sequence-specific
gene knockout through non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), but it remains inefficient for …

Systematic evaluation of CRISPR-Cas systems reveals design principles for genome editing in human cells

Y Wang, KI Liu, NAB Sutrisnoh, H Srinivasan, J Zhang… - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background While CRISPR-Cas systems hold tremendous potential for engineering
the human genome, it is unclear how well each system performs against one another in both …

Modulating mutational outcomes and improving precise gene editing at CRISPR-Cas9-induced breaks by chemical inhibition of end-joining pathways

J Schimmel, N Munoz-Subirana, H Kool… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Gene editing through repair of CRISPR-Cas9-induced chromosomal breaks offers a means
to correct a wide range of genetic defects. Directing repair to produce desirable outcomes by …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of CRISPR towards accurate and efficient mammal genome engineering

SM Ryu, JW Hur, K Kim - BMB reports, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The evolution of genome editing technology based on CRISPR (clustered regularly
interspaced short palindromic repeats) system has led to a paradigm shift in biological …

SCR7, a potent cancer therapeutic agent and a biochemical inhibitor of nonhomologous DNA end‐joining

M Manjunath, B Choudhary, SC Raghavan - Cancer Reports, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background DNA double‐strand breaks (DSBs) are harmful to the cell as it could lead to
genomic instability and cell death when left unrepaired. Homologous recombination and …

Approaches to enhance precise CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing

CE Denes, AJ Cole, YA Aksoy, G Li, GG Neely… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Modification of the human genome has immense potential for preventing or treating disease.
Modern genome editing techniques based on CRISPR/Cas9 show great promise for altering …

To cut or not to cut: Next-generation genome editors for precision genome engineering

M Zhang, Z Zhu, G Xun, H Zhao - Current Opinion in Biomedical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the original report of repurposing the CRISPR/Cas9 system for genome engineering,
the past decade has witnessed profound improvement in our ability to efficiently manipulate …