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ArticleNature medicine2018

Treatment of a metabolic liver disease by in vivo genome base editing in adult mice.

Lukas Villiger, Hiu Man Grisch-Chan, Helen Lindsay, Femke Ringnalda, Chiara B Pogliano, Gabriella Allegri, Ralph Fingerhut, Johannes Häberle, Joao Matos, Mark D Robinson and 2 more

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Article in Nature medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 258 papers.

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258citing papers in PubMed
16.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

258 citing papers in PubMed, 433 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lukas VilligerDepartment Biology, Institute for Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Hiu Man Grisch-ChanDivision of Metabolism, University Children's Hospital Zurich and Children's Research Centre, Zurich, Switzerland.
Helen LindsaySIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Femke RingnaldaDepartment Biology, Institute for Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Chiara B PoglianoDepartment of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Gabriella AllegriDivision of Metabolism, University Children's Hospital Zurich and Children's Research Centre, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ralph FingerhutDivision of Metabolism, University Children's Hospital Zurich and Children's Research Centre, Zurich, Switzerland.
Johannes HäberleInstitute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Joao MatosDepartment of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Mark D RobinsonSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3048-5518
Beat ThönyDivision of Metabolism, University Children's Hospital Zurich and Children's Research Centre, Zurich, Switzerland.
Gerald SchwankDepartment Biology, Institute for Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. schwankg@ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0767-2953
ETH Zurich · CHUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich · CHSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CHUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR-Cas-based genome editing holds great promise for targeting genetic disorders, including inborn errors of hepatocyte metabolism. Precise correction of disease-causing mutations in adult tissues in vivo, however, is challenging. It requires repair of Cas9-induced double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) breaks by homology-directed mechanisms, which are highly inefficient in nondividing cells. Here we corrected the disease phenotype of adult phenylalanine hydroxylase (Pah)

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AnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalDNAGene EditingGenetic TherapyHumansLiverLiver DiseasesMicePhenylalaninePhenylalanine HydroxylasePhenylketonuriasRecombinational DNA RepairDNAPhenylalaninePhenylalanine Hydroxylase

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PMID30297904
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