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ReviewFrontiers in genome editing2020

β-Hemoglobinopathies: The Test Bench for Genome Editing-Based Therapeutic Strategies.

Gloria Barbarani, Agata Łabedz, Antonella Ellena Ronchi

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Review in Frontiers in genome editing, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Gloria BarbaraniDipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Agata ŁabedzDipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Antonella Ellena RonchiDipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemoglobin is a tetrameric protein composed of two α and two β chains, each containing a heme group that reversibly binds oxygen. The composition of hemoglobin changes during development in order to fulfill the need of the growing organism, stably maintaining a balanced production of α-like and β-like chains in a 1:1 ratio. Adult hemoglobin (HbA) is composed of two α and two β subunits (α2β2 tetramer), whereas fetal hemoglobin (HbF) is composed of two γ and two α subunits (α2γ2 tetramer). Qualitative or quantitative defects in β-globin production cause two of the most common monogenic-inherited disorders: β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease. The high frequency of these diseases and the relative accessibility of hematopoietic stem cells make them an ideal candidate for therapeutic interventions based on genome editing. These strategies move in two directions: the correction of the disease-causing mutation and the reactivation of the expression of HbF in adult cells, in the attempt to recreate the effect of hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) natural mutations, which mitigate the severity of β-hemoglobinopathies. Both lines of research rely on the knowledge gained so far on the regulatory mechanisms controlling the differential expression of globin genes during development.

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genome editingglobin geneshereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobinprogrammable endonucleasesβ-hemoglobinopathies

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PMID34713219
PMCPMC8525389

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