Highly efficient therapeutic gene editing of human hematopoietic stem cells

Y Wu, J Zeng, BP Roscoe, P Liu, Q Yao… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Re-expression of the paralogous γ-globin genes (HBG1/2) could be a universal strategy to
ameliorate the severe β-globin disorders sickle cell disease (SCD) and β-thalassemia by …

Targeted gene delivery: where to land

G Pavani, M Amendola - Frontiers in genome editing, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Genome-editing technologies have the potential to correct most genetic defects involved in
blood disorders. In contrast to mutation-specific editing, targeted gene insertion can correct …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in genome editing of stem cells for drug discovery and therapeutic application

J Lee, D Bayarsaikhan, G Bayarsaikhan, JS Kim… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Genome engineering technologies right from viral vector-mediated to protein-based editing—
which include zinc finger nucleases, TALENs, and CRISPR/Cas systems—have been …

Removal of TREX1 activity enhances CRISPR–Cas9-mediated homologous recombination

ME Karasu, E Toufektchan, Y Chen, A Albertelli… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract CRISPR–Cas9-mediated homology-directed repair (HDR) can introduce desired
mutations at targeted genomic sites, but achieving high efficiencies is a major hurdle in …

Adenine base editing efficiently restores the function of Fanconi anemia hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

SM Siegner, L Ugalde, A Clemens… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Fanconi Anemia (FA) is a debilitating genetic disorder with a wide range of severe
symptoms including bone marrow failure and predisposition to cancer. CRISPR-Cas …

Diversifying the structure of zinc finger nucleases for high-precision genome editing

DE Paschon, S Lussier, T Wangzor, DF Xia… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome editing for therapeutic applications often requires cleavage within a narrow
sequence window. Here, to enable such high-precision targeting with zinc-finger nucleases …

NHEJ-mediated repair of CRISPR-Cas9-induced DNA breaks efficiently corrects mutations in HSPCs from patients with fanconi anemia

FJ Román-Rodríguez, L Ugalde, L Álvarez, B Díez… - Cell Stem Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) is the preferred mechanism used by hematopoietic
stem cells (HSCs) to repair double-stranded DNA breaks and is particularly increased in …

Integrin-α3 is a functional marker of ex vivo expanded human long-term hematopoietic stem cells

E Tomellini, I Fares, B Lehnertz, J Chagraoui… - Cell Reports, 2019 - cell.com
Transplantation of expanded hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and gene therapy based on
HSC engineering have emerged as promising approaches for the treatment of …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated in situ correction of LAMB3 gene in keratinocytes derived from a junctional epidermolysis bullosa patient

D Benati, F Miselli, F Cocchiarella, C Patrizi… - Molecular Therapy, 2018 - cell.com
Deficiency of basement membrane heterotrimeric laminin 332 component, coded by LAMA3,
LAMB3, and LAMC2 genes, causes junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB), a severe skin …

Therapy development by genome editing of hematopoietic stem cells

L Koniali, CW Lederer, M Kleanthous - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accessibility of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) for the manipulation and repopulation of the
blood and immune systems has placed them at the forefront of cell and gene therapy …