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ArticleNature communications2023

Prediction of base editor off-targets by deep learning.

Chengdong Zhang, Yuan Yang, Tao Qi, Yuening Zhang, Linghui Hou, Jingjing Wei, Jingcheng Yang, Leming Shi, Sang-Ging Ong, Hongyan Wang and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Chengdong Zhang *Center for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Yuan Yang *Center for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-0295-2930
Tao QiCenter for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Yuening ZhangSJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics and Data Science, (Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology) Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Linghui HouCenter for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Jingjing WeiCenter for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Jingcheng YangCenter for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Leming ShiCenter for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2981-4150
Sang-Ging OngDepartment of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Illinois, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0182-8769
Hongyan WangCenter for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Hui WangState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Center for Single-Cell Omics, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, Shanghai, China. huiwang@sibs.ac.cn.
Bo YuCenter for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. paul.yubo@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-7668
Yongming WangCenter for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. ymw@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-5296

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the tolerance of mismatches between gRNA and targeting sequence, base editors frequently induce unwanted Cas9-dependent off-target mutations. Here, to develop models to predict such off-targets, we design gRNA-off- target pairs for adenine base editors (ABEs) and cytosine base editors (CBEs) and stably integrate them into the human cells. After five days of editing, we obtain valid efficiency datasets of 54,663 and 55,727 off-targets for ABEs and CBEs, respectively. We use the datasets to train deep learning models, resulting in ABEdeepoff and CBEdeepoff, which can predict off-target sites. We use these tools to predict off-targets for a panel of endogenous loci and achieve Spearman correlation values varying from 0.710 to 0.859. Finally, we develop an integrated tool that is freely accessible via an online web server http://www.deephf.com/#/bedeep/bedeepoff . These tools could facilitate minimizing the off-target effects of base editing.

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Deep LearningGene EditingAdenineCytosineAdenineCytosine

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PMCPMC10475126

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