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ArticleNature genetics2025

In vivo CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in mice identifies genetic modifiers of somatic CAG repeat instability in Huntington's disease.

Ricardo Mouro Pinto, Ryan Murtha, António Azevedo, Cameron Douglas, Marina Kovalenko, Jessica Ulloa, Steven Crescenti, Zoe Burch, Esaria Oliver, Maheswaran Kesavan and 12 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Towards AI-driven prediction ofJournal of Huntington's disease · 2026
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  6. Mechanism of MutLβ-dependent DNA expansions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  9. Huntington's disease LIG1 modifier variant increases ligase fidelity and suppresses somatic CAG repeat expansion.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Ricardo Mouro PintoCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. rmouropinto@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6744-2805
Ryan MurthaCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
António AzevedoCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Cameron DouglasCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2334-1652
Marina KovalenkoCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Jessica UlloaCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Steven CrescentiCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Zoe BurchCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Esaria OliverCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Maheswaran KesavanCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Shota ShibataCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9131-5408
Antonia VitaloCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Eduarda Mota-SilvaCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Marion J RiggsCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7310-1107
Kevin CorreiaCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Emanuela EleziCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Brigitte DemeloCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Jeffrey B CarrollDepartment of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Tammy GillisCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
James F GusellaCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0681-9263
Marcy E MacDonaldCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Vanessa C WheelerCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. vwheeler@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0009-0004-8259-5796

Funding

VectorP30CA006516 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI Irene M. Ghobrial · 1985 to 2026
$330.6M
Huntington's Disease Repeat Instability and PathogenesisR01NS049206 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI VANESSA C WHEELER · 2005 to 2026
$10.0M
Disease-Modifying Genes in Huntington's DiseaseR01NS091161 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI JAMES F GUSELLA · 2015 to 2026
$7.2M
Somatic Repeat Expansions as a Therapeutic Target for Trinucleotide Repeat DisordersR01NS126420 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Ricardo Mouro Pinto · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
Huntington's disease gene chromatin structure and modifiersR21NS111066 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WHEELER, VANESSA C · 2019 to 2019
$476k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006516NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS049206NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091161NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126420NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS111066U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) NS049206U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) NS049206U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) NS091161U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) NS111066U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) NS126420
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease, one of more than 50 inherited repeat expansion disorders

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingGenes, ModifierHuntington DiseaseTrinucleotide Repeat ExpansionAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGene Knock-In TechniquesGenomic InstabilityHumansHuntingtin ProteinMiceMice, TransgenicHuntingtin Protein

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PMID39843658
PMCPMC11821541

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