Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26721686›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2016

In vivo gene editing in dystrophic mouse muscle and muscle stem cells.

Mohammadsharif Tabebordbar, Kexian Zhu, Jason K W Cheng, Wei Leong Chew, Jeffrey J Widrick, Winston X Yan, Claire Maesner, Elizabeth Y Wu, Ru Xiao, F Ann Ran and 5 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 618 papers.

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618citing papers in PubMed
66.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

618 citing papers in PubMed, 1,029 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. CRISPR-Cas9-mediated upregulation of utrophin ameliorates Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  15. CRISPR and the Future of Cardiac Disease Therapy: A New Genetic Frontier.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  20. Nature Inspired Delivery Vehicles for CRISPR-Based Genome Editing.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammadsharif Tabebordbar *Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Kexian Zhu *Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Jason K W ChengDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Wei Leong ChewBiological and Biomedical Sciences Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jeffrey J WidrickDivision of Genetics and Program in Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Winston X YanBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Claire MaesnerDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Elizabeth Y WuDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Ru XiaoGrousbeck Gene Therapy Center, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
F Ann RanBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Le CongBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Feng ZhangBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Luk H VandenbergheGrousbeck Gene Therapy Center, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
George M ChurchDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Amy J WagersDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Harvard University · USBroad Institute · USHarvard Stem Cell Institute · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Nanomedicine Center for Nucleoprotein MachinesPN2EY018244 · NEI · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI BAO, GANG · 2006 to 2015
$24.4M
Causal Transcriptional Consequences of Human Genetic VariationP50HG005550 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHURCH, GEORGE M · 2010 to 2014
$19.0M
Training in Molecular, Cellular, and Chemical BiologyT32GM007598 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI DULAC, CATHERINE · 1985 to 2019
$16.2M
MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING GRANTT32GM008313 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI MURTHY, VENKATESH N · 1989 to 2023
$14.6M
Isogenic Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Models of Human Disease MutationsR01DK097768 · NIDDK · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI COWAN, CHAD ALBERT, ZHANG, FENG · 2012 to 2016
$11.0M
Microenvironmental control of progenitors in organ dysfunction and repairU01HL100402 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KIM, CARLA F., SCADDEN, DAVID T · 2009 to 2015
$8.5M
Massively-parallel functional interrogation of psychiatric geneticsR01MH110049 · NIMH · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI ZHANG, FENG · 2015 to 2019
$5.5M
Probing Neuropsychiatric Diseases Using Targeted Epigenome and Genome EngineeringDP1MH100706 · NIMH · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI ZHANG, FENG · 2012 to 2016
$4.3M
Aging and Rejuvenation of the hematopoietic stem cell nicheDP2OD004345 · OD · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI WAGERS, AMY JO · 2008 to 2008
$2.4M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCCDPHP CDC HHS 5DP1-MH100706NEI NIH HHS 5PN2EY018244NEI NIH HHS PN2 EY018244NHGRI NIH HHS P50 HG005550NHLBI NIH HHS 5U01HL100402NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL100402NIDDK NIH HHS 5R01DK097768-03NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK097768NIGMS NIH HHS T2GM007753NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007598NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008313NIH HHS 1DP2OD004345NIH HHS DP2 OD004345NIMH NIH HHS DP1 MH100706NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH110049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frame-disrupting mutations in the DMD gene, encoding dystrophin, compromise myofiber integrity and drive muscle deterioration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Removing one or more exons from the mutated transcript can produce an in-frame mRNA and a truncated, but still functional, protein. In this study, we developed and tested a direct gene-editing approach to induce exon deletion and recover dystrophin expression in the mdx mouse model of DMD. Delivery by adeno-associated virus (AAV) of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 endonucleases coupled with paired guide RNAs flanking the mutated Dmd exon23 resulted in excision of intervening DNA and restored the Dmd reading frame in myofibers, cardiomyocytes, and muscle stem cells after local or systemic delivery. AAV-Dmd CRISPR treatment partially recovered muscle functional deficiencies and generated a pool of endogenously corrected myogenic precursors in mdx mouse muscle.

Indexed as

AnimalsClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsCRISPR-Cas SystemsDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalExonsFrameshift MutationGenetic TherapyMiceMice, Inbred mdxMuscle, SkeletalMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneMyocardiumRNA, MessengerSatellite Cells, Skeletal MuscleSequence DeletionRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID26721686
PMCPMC4924477
OpenAlexW2203460689

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