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ArticleeLife2021

An optimized CRISPR/Cas9 approach for precise genome editing in neurons.

Huaqiang Fang, Alexei M Bygrave, Richard H Roth, Richard C Johnson, Richard L Huganir

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A modified CRISPR/Cas9 approach in silencing the triplication in Down syndrome: A treatment path XISTs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. Genetic therapies for neurological diseases.Pharmacological reviews · 2026
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  15. Large Donor CRISPR for Whole-Coding Sequence Replacement of Cell Adhesion Molecule LRRTM2.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 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 2 countries.

Huaqiang Fang *Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2375-859X
Alexei M Bygrave *Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2291-923X
Richard H RothDepartment of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6855-999X
Richard C JohnsonDepartment of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.
Richard L HuganirDepartment of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9783-5183
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Murine Mutagenesis CoreP30NS050274 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KOLODKIN, ALEX L · 2005 to 2020
$10.9M
PDZ DOMAINS AND EXCITATORY SYNAPTIC FUNCTIONR01NS036715 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HUGANIR, RICHARD L · 1997 to 2020
$8.6M
Developing Molecular and Computational Tools to Enable Visualization of Synaptic Plasticity In VivoRF1MH123212 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HUGANIR, RICHARD L · 2020 to 2020
$1.8M
NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH123212NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS050274NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS036715
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficient knock-in of large DNA fragments to label endogenous proteins remains especially challenging in non-dividing cells such as neurons. We developed

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsGenomeAnimalsElectroporationFemaleGene EditingINDEL MutationMaleMiceRatsAMPA receptorCRISPR/Cas9endogenous protein tagginggenome editingmouseneuroscienceNMDA receptorrat

Identifiers

PMID33689678
PMCPMC7946428
OpenAlexW3126619133

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