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ArticleNature communications2023

Sonogenetic control of multiplexed genome regulation and base editing.

Pei Liu, Josquin Foiret, Yinglin Situ, Nisi Zhang, Aris J Kare, Bo Wu, Marina N Raie, Katherine W Ferrara, Lei S Qi

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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 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Overview of Therapeutic Ultrasound Applications and Safety Considerations: 2024 Update.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Pei LiuMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4785-4735
Josquin FoiretMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-8161
Yinglin SituDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Nisi ZhangMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-5754
Aris J KareMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-2853
Bo WuMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Marina N RaieMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-404X
Katherine W FerraraMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. kwferrar@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4976-9107
Lei S QiDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. slqi@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3965-3223
Stanford University · USStanford Health Care · USStanford Medicine · US

Funding

Specific and high-resolution ultrasound cancer imagingR01CA112356 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI FERRARA, KATHERINE W, FOIRET, JOSQUIN · 2005 to 2022
$6.1M
Imaging Modulation of Immune PhenotypeR01CA250557 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FERRARA, KATHERINE W, LEVY, RONALD · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
Quantitative volumetric ultrasonic and photoacoustic tomographyR01CA258807 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Katherine W Ferrara, Steven Poplack · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
High Resolution Ultrasound in Interventional RadiologyR01CA271309 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Katherine W Ferrara, Qifa Zhou · 2022 to 2026
$3.1M
HIFU-immunotherapy in pancreatic cancerR01CA253316 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FERRARA, KATHERINE W · 2020 to 2024
$3.1M
Pediatric volumetric ultrasound scannerR01EB033967 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Katherine W Ferrara, Shreyas S Vasanawala · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
High resolution dissection of oncogene enhancer networks via CRISPR screening and live-cell imaging.R01CA266470 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Lei Stanley Qi · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Probing relationships between DNA methylation and cellular senescence with high-throughput CRISPR-based epigenetic editingR21AG077193 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI QI, LEI STANLEY · 2023 to 2024
$425k
A Cas13d-based screening approach to engineer exhaustion-resistant CAR T cellsR21CA270609 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI QI, LEI STANLEY · 2022 to 2023
$399k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA112356NCI NIH HHS R01 CA250557NCI NIH HHS R01 CA253316NCI NIH HHS R01 CA258807NCI NIH HHS R01 CA266470NCI NIH HHS R01 CA271309NCI NIH HHS R21 CA270609NIA NIH HHS R21 AG077193NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB033967
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Manipulating gene expression in the host genome with high precision is crucial for controlling cellular function and behavior. Here, we present a precise, non-invasive, and tunable strategy for controlling the expression of multiple endogenous genes both in vitro and in vivo, utilizing ultrasound as the stimulus. By engineering a hyper-efficient dCas12a and effector under a heat shock promoter, we demonstrate a system that can be inducibly activated through thermal energy produced by ultrasound absorption. This system allows versatile thermal induction of gene activation or base editing across cell types, including primary T cells, and enables multiplexed gene activation using a single guide RNA array. In mouse models, localized temperature elevation guided by high-intensity focused ultrasound effectively triggers reporter gene expression in implanted cells. Our work underscores the potential of ultrasound as a clinically viable approach to enhance cell and gene-based therapies via precision genome and epigenome engineering.

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Gene EditingGenomeAnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsEpigenomeGenes, ReporterGenetic TherapyMice

Identifiers

PMID37852951
PMCPMC10584809
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