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ReviewNature protocols2022

Applications of and considerations for using CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene conversion systems in rodents.

Hannah A Grunwald, Alexander J Weitzel, Kimberly L Cooper

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Review in Nature protocols, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Y-linked editors for invasive rodent control.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hannah A GrunwaldDivision of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0553-906X
Alexander J WeitzelDivision of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1713-158X
Kimberly L CooperDivision of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. kcooper@ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5892-8838
University of California San Diego · US

Funding

GENETIC MECHANISMS AND REGULATIONT32GM007240 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HAMPTON, RANDOLPH Y. · 1985 to 2019
$23.8M
Development of CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive technology in mice with potential for broad utility and applied geneticsR21GM129448 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI COOPER, KIMBERLY LYNN · 2018 to 2019
$433k
NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM129448NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic elements that are inherited at super-Mendelian frequencies could be used in a 'gene drive' to spread an allele to high prevalence in a population with the goal of eliminating invasive species or disease vectors. We recently demonstrated that the gene conversion mechanism underlying a CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene drive is feasible in mice. Although substantial technical hurdles remain, overcoming these could lead to strategies that might decrease the spread of rodent-borne Lyme disease or eliminate invasive populations of mice and rats that devastate island ecology. Perhaps more immediately achievable at moderate gene conversion efficiency, applications in a laboratory setting could produce complex genotypes that reduce the time and cost in both dollars and animal lives compared with Mendelian inheritance strategies. Here, we discuss what we have learned from early efforts to achieve CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene conversion, potential for broader applications in the laboratory, current limitations, and plans for optimizing this potentially powerful technology.

Indexed as

AnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene ConversionGene EditingMiceMice, TransgenicRatsRats, Transgenic

Identifiers

PMID34949863
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