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ReviewFrontiers in genome editing2025

CRISPR-dependent base editing as a therapeutic strategy for rare monogenic disorders.

Júlia-Jié Cabré-Romans, Raquel Cuella-Martin

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Review in Frontiers in genome editing, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. CRISPR-Based Gene Therapy for Brain Disease.Molecular neurobiology · 2026
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  6. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  15. Gene Therapy Techniques and Delivery Methods (Review).Sovremennye tekhnologii v meditsine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Júlia-Jié Cabré-RomansDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Raquel Cuella-MartinDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rare monogenic disorders are caused by mutations in single genes and have an incidence rate of less than 0.5%. Due to their low prevalence, these diseases often attract limited research and commercial interest, leading to significant unmet medical needs. In a therapeutic landscape where treatments are targeted to manage symptoms, gene editing therapy emerges as a promising approach to craft curative and lasting treatments for these patients, often referred to as "one-and-done" therapeutics. CRISPR-dependent base editing enables the precise correction of genetic mutations by direct modification of DNA bases without creating potentially deleterious DNA double-strand breaks. Base editors combine a nickase version of Cas9 with cytosine or adenine deaminases to convert C·G to T·A and A·T to G·C, respectively. Together, cytosine (CBE) and adenine (ABE) base editors can theoretically correct ∼95% of pathogenic transition mutations cataloged in ClinVar. This mini-review explores the application of base editing as a therapeutic approach for rare monogenic disorders. It provides an overview of the state of gene therapies and a comprehensive compilation of preclinical studies using base editing to treat rare monogenic disorders. Key considerations for designing base editing-driven therapeutics are summarized in a user-friendly guide for researchers interested in applying this technology to a specific rare monogenic disorder. Finally, we discuss the prospects and challenges for bench-to-bedside translation of base editing therapies for rare monogenic disorders.

Indexed as

base editingCRISPR-based therapeuticsgene therapymutation correctionrare monogenic disease

Identifiers

PMID40242216
PMCPMC12000063

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