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ReviewHuman molecular genetics2020

Genome editing strategies for fetal hemoglobin induction in beta-hemoglobinopathies.

Selami Demirci, Alexis Leonard, John F Tisdale

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Review in Human molecular genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Selami DemirciCellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Alexis LeonardCellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
John F TisdaleCellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Isolation, characterization, and transplantation of candidate stem cellsZIAHL006009 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI TISDALE, JOHN · 2009 to 2025
$13.5M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome editing to correct a defective β-globin gene or induce fetal globin (HbF) for patients with beta-hemoglobinopathies has the potential to be a curative strategy available to all. HbF reactivation has long been an area of intense interest given the HbF inhibition of sickle hemoglobin (HbS) polymerization. Patients with HbS who also have high HbF tend to have less severe or even minimal clinical manifestations. Approaches to genetically engineer high HbF include de novo generation of naturally occurring hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) mutations, editing of transcriptional HbF repressors or their binding sites and/or regulating epigenetic intermediates controlling HbF expression. Recent preclinical and early clinical trial data show encouraging results; however, long-term follow-up is lacking, and the safety and efficacy concerns of genome editing remain.

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingGenetic Therapybeta-GlobinsFetal HemoglobinHemoglobinopathiesHumansbeta-GlobinsFetal Hemoglobin

Identifiers

PMID32406490
PMCPMC7673473
OpenAlexW3024233560

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