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ReviewRetina (Philadelphia, Pa.)2018

CRISPR GENOME SURGERY IN THE RETINA IN LIGHT OF OFF-TARGETING.

Galaxy Y Cho, Kellie A Schaefer, Alexander G Bassuk, Stephen H Tsang, Vinit B Mahajan

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Review in Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Gene therapy in neovascular age related macular degeneration: an update.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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  6. Genomics in medicine: A new era in medicine.World journal of methodology · 2021
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  7. Therapy in Rhodopsin-Mediated Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Galaxy Y ChoInstitute of Human Nutrition, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Kellie A SchaeferDepartment of Ophthalmology, Omics Lab, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Alexander G BassukDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Stephen H TsangInstitute of Human Nutrition, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Vinit B MahajanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Omics Lab, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

Funding

Tumor Biology and Microenvironment ProgramP30CA013696 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Anil K Rustgi · 1985 to 2026
$115.3M
Instrumentation, Fabrication, and Design CoreP30EY019007 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Xin Zhang · 2010 to 2026
$12.9M
Toward mechanism- and gene-based therapies for retinal degenerationR01EY018213 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Stephen H Tsang · 2008 to 2026
$6.6M
Gene Silencing and Gene Editing in PhototransductionR01EY024698 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Stephen H Tsang · 2015 to 2026
$4.7M
Structure and Function of Calpain-5R01EY024665 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MAHAJAN, VINIT B · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Mechanistic Studies on Regenerative Medicine Approaches to Childhood BlindnessR01EY026682 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BASSUK, ALEXANDER G, MAHAJAN, VINIT B · 2016 to 2019
$1.6M
Mechanism-based therapies for photoreceptor degenerationR01EY025225 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MAHAJAN, VINIT B · 2015 to 2018
$1.3M
Evaluating GWAS AMD Candidate Loci by Gene Editing in Human iPS CellsR21AG050437 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BASSUK, ALEXANDER G, MAHAJAN, VINIT B · 2015 to 2016
$431k
CAPN5-PDGF Signaling in VitreoretinopathyF31EY026789 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SCHAEFER, KELLIE A · 2016 to 2020
$149k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA013696NEI NIH HHS F31 EY026789NEI NIH HHS P30 EY019007NEI NIH HHS R01 EY018213NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024665NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024698NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025225NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026682NIA NIH HHS R21 AG050437
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeRecent concerns regarding the clinical utilization of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) involve uncertainties about the potential detrimental effects that many arise due to unintended genetic changes, as in off-target mutagenesis, during CRISPR genome surgery. This review gives an overview of off-targeting detection methods and CRISPR's place in the clinical setting, specifically in the field of ophthalmology.

resultsAs CRISPR utilization in the laboratory setting has increased, knowledge regarding CRISPR mechanisms including its off-target effects has also increased. Although a perfect method for achieving 100% specificity is yet to be determined, the past few years have seen many developments in off-targeting detection and in increasing efficacy of CRISPR tools.

conclusionThe CRISPR system has high potential to be an invaluable therapeutic tool as it has the ability to modify and repair pathogenic retinal lesions. Although it is not yet a perfect system, with further efforts to improve its specificity and efficacy along with careful screening of off-target mutations, CRISPR-mediated genome surgery potential can become maximized and applied to patients.

Indexed as

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsGene EditingGenetic TherapyHumansOphthalmologyRetinal Diseases

Identifiers

PMID29746416
PMCPMC6054556

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