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ArticleNature communications2021

Efficient precise in vivo base editing in adult dystrophic mice.

Li Xu, Chen Zhang, Haiwen Li, Peipei Wang, Yandi Gao, Nahush A Mokadam, Jianjie Ma, W David Arnold, Renzhi Han

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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81citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. An oversized AAV8 vector to deliver CPS1.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025
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  17. Recent advances in therapeutic gene-editing technologies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  18. The road toward AAV-mediated gene therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li Xu *Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Chen Zhang *Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Haiwen LiDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Peipei WangDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1431-2139
Yandi GaoDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Nahush A MokadamDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Jianjie MaDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3865-6112
W David ArnoldDepartment of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Renzhi HanDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA. renzhi.han@osumc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8202-9186
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · US

Funding

Molecular and cellular functions of Ano5 in heartR01HL116546 · NHLBI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HAN, RENZHI · 2013 to 2022
$4.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in base editing have created an exciting opportunity to precisely correct disease-causing mutations. However, the large size of base editors and their inherited off-target activities pose challenges for in vivo base editing. Moreover, the requirement of a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) nearby the mutation site further limits the targeting feasibility. Here we modify the NG-targeting adenine base editor (iABE-NGA) to overcome these challenges and demonstrate the high efficiency to precisely edit a Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) mutation in adult mice. Systemic delivery of AAV9-iABE-NGA results in dystrophin restoration and functional improvement. At 10 months after AAV9-iABE-NGA treatment, a near complete rescue of dystrophin is measured in mdx

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsAnimalsCell LineDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalDystrophinGene EditingGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansMiceMice, Inbred mdxMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMuscle, SkeletalMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneMutationDystrophin

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PMID34140489
PMCPMC8211797
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