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ReviewGenome biology2020

A benchmark of algorithms for the analysis of pooled CRISPR screens.

Sunil Bodapati, Timothy P Daley, Xueqiu Lin, James Zou, Lei S Qi

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Review in Genome biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. simCRISPR: Modeling Experimental Complexity in Pooled CRISPR Screens.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  6. Scaling perturbations: beyond genome-scale CRISPR screens.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  12. Shared host genetic landscape of respiratory viral infection.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sunil BodapatiDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, 94305, USA.
Timothy P DaleyDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, 94305, USA.
Xueqiu LinDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, 94305, USA.
James ZouDepartment of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, 94305, USA.
Lei S QiDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, 94305, USA. stanley.qi@stanford.edu.
Stanford University · US

Funding

Stanford Medicine Center for Longevity and Healthy Aging Research Education CoreP30AG059307 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ZOU, JAMES · 2018 to 2025
$4.9M
Developing data tools to reduce CVD disparities via Health Information ExchangesR21MD012867 · NIMHD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ZOU, JAMES · 2018 to 2019
$420k
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG059307NIMHD NIH HHS R21 MD012867
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome-wide pooled CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockout, activation, and repression screens are powerful tools for functional genomic investigations. Despite their increasing importance, there is currently little guidance on how to design and analyze CRISPR-pooled screens. Here, we provide a review of the commonly used algorithms in the computational analysis of pooled CRISPR screens. We develop a comprehensive simulation framework to benchmark and compare the performance of these algorithms using both synthetic and real datasets. Our findings inform parameter choices of CRISPR screens and provide guidance to researchers on the design and analysis of pooled CRISPR screens.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsCRISPR-Cas SystemsComputer SimulationRNA, Small InterferingSequence AnalysisRNA, Small InterferingBenchmarkingCRISPR activationCRISPR interferenceCRISPR knockooutCRISPR screenScreen algorithmsSimulation

Identifiers

PMID32151271
PMCPMC7063732
OpenAlexW3011118130

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