[HTML][HTML] Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals high specificity of CRISPR/Cas9 and TALEN-based genome editing in human iPSCs

C Smith, A Gore, W Yan, L Abalde-Atristain, Z Li, C He… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
C Smith, A Gore, W Yan, L Abalde-Atristain, Z Li, C He, Y Wang, RA Brodsky, K Zhang
Cell stem cell, 2014cell.com
Human iPSCs provide renewable cell sources for human biology and disease research and
the potential for developing gene and cell therapy. Realization of this potential will rely in
part on our ability to precisely edit or engineer the human genome in an efficient way.
Recent developments in designer endonuclease technologies such as zinc finger nuclease
(ZFN), transcription activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN), and clustered regulatory
interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas9 endonuclease have provided ways to …
Human iPSCs provide renewable cell sources for human biology and disease research and the potential for developing gene and cell therapy. Realization of this potential will rely in part on our ability to precisely edit or engineer the human genome in an efficient way. Recent developments in designer endonuclease technologies such as zinc finger nuclease (ZFN), transcription activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN), and clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas9 endonuclease have provided ways to significantly improve genome editing efficiency in human iPSCs. These endonucleases make a double-stranded break (DSB) at a predetermined DNA sequence and trigger natural DNA repair processes such as nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) or homologous recombination (HR) with a donor DNA template. Among these existing approaches, RNA-guided CRISPR/Cas9 is the most user-friendly and versatile system, and it has been applied in both animal models and cell lines (
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