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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2024

Direct cardiac reprogramming via combined CRISPRa-mediated endogenous Gata4 activation and exogenous Mef2c and Tbx5 expression.

Peisen Huang, Jun Xu, Benjamin Keepers, Yifang Xie, David Near, Yangxi Xu, James Rock Hua, Brian Spurlock, Shea Ricketts, Jiandong Liu and 2 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2024. 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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12 authors.

Peisen HuangMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Jun XuMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Benjamin KeepersMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Yifang XieMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
David NearMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Yangxi XuMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
James Rock HuaMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Brian SpurlockMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Shea RickettsMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Jiandong LiuMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Li WangMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Li QianMcAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

Funding

Altering Cardiac Cell Fate for Heart RepairR35HL155656 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Li Qian · 2021 to 2026
$5.5M
The role of RNA-binding protein Lin28a in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyR01HL139976 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIU, JIANDONG · 2019 to 2022
$2.1M
Molecular regulation of ventricular chamber maturationR01HL139880 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIU, JIANDONG · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Studying Mitochondrial Dynamics and Energetics During Cardiac ReprogrammingF32HL176045 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SPURLOCK, BRIAN M · 2024 to 2025
$162k
NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL176045NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139880NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139976NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL155656
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Direct cardiac reprogramming of fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes (iCMs) can be achieved by ectopic expression of cardiac transcription factors (TFs) via viral vectors. However, risks like genomic mutations, viral toxicity, and immune response limited its clinical application. Transactivation of endogenous TFs emerges as an alternative approach that may partially mitigate some of the risks. In this study, we utilized a modified CRISPRa/dCas9 strategy to transactivate endogenous reprogramming factors MEF2C, GATA4, and TBX5 (MGT) to induce iCMs from both mouse and human fibroblasts. We identified single-guide RNAs (sgRNAs) targeting promoters and enhancers of the TFs capable of activating various degrees of endogenous gene expression. CRISPRa-mediated

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CRISPRdCas9 systemdirect cardiac reprogrammingendogenous transactivationguide RNAMGTMT: RNA/DNA Editing

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PMID39720701
PMCPMC11666955

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