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ArticleNature communications2024

ABE-ultramax for high-efficiency biallelic adenine base editing in zebrafish.

Wei Qin, Fang Liang, Sheng-Jia Lin, Cassidy Petree, Kevin Huang, Yu Zhang, Lin Li, Pratishtha Varshney, Philippe Mourrain, Yanmei Liu and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Advances in Fish Gene Editing.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  12. Advancing Knock-In Approaches for Robust Genome Editing in Zebrafish.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  15. CRISPR-based functional genomics tools in vertebrate models.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2025
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  16. Engineering precision zebrafish alleles of human disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Wei Qin *Genes & Human Disease Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2158-0553
Fang Liang *Institute of Modern Aquaculture Science and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510631, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9055-2439
Sheng-Jia LinGenes & Human Disease Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7559-6529
Cassidy PetreeGenes & Human Disease Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Kevin HuangGenes & Human Disease Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2512-7812
Yu ZhangGenes & Human Disease Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Lin LiKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China.
Pratishtha VarshneyGenes & Human Disease Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Philippe MourrainDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Yanmei LiuKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China. yanmeiliu@m.scnu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9380-2560
Gaurav K VarshneyGenes & Human Disease Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA. gaurav-varshney@omrf.org.ORCID 0000-0002-0429-1904

Funding

Recruitment and Clinical Assessment CoreP50HD109861 · NICHD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Philippe Mourrain · 2022 to 2026
$11.7M
Fluorescent polysomnography and MCH neurogeneticsR01HL151576 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MOURRAIN, PHILIPPE · 2020 to 2023
$2.9M
In vivo characterization of CNE/SNPs and identification of cis (dys)regulated genesR01GM136741 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MOURRAIN, PHILIPPE, VARSHNEY, GAURAV K · 2021 to 2024
$2.6M
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc.) P50HD109861Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc.) R01GM136741Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc.) R01HL151576NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151576NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD109861NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM136741
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advancements in CRISPR technology, particularly the development of base editors, revolutionize genetic variant research. When combined with model organisms like zebrafish, base editors significantly accelerate and refine in vivo analysis of genetic variations. However, base editors are restricted by protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequences and specific editing windows, hindering their applicability to a broad spectrum of genetic variants. Additionally, base editors can introduce unintended mutations and often exhibit reduced efficiency in living organisms compared to cultured cell lines. Here, we engineer a suite of adenine base editors (ABEs) called ABE-Ultramax (Umax), demonstrating high editing efficiency and low rates of insertions and deletions (indels) in zebrafish. The ABE-Umax suite of editors includes ABEs with shifted, narrowed, or broadened editing windows, reduced bystander mutation frequency, and highly flexible PAM sequence requirements. These advancements have the potential to address previous challenges in disease modeling and advance gene therapy applications.

Indexed as

AdenineCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingINDEL MutationZebrafishAllelesAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsAdenineRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

Identifiers

PMID38965236
PMCPMC11224239

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