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ArticleNature communications2025

Prime editor with rational design and AI-driven optimization for reverse editing window and enhanced fidelity.

Chao Yang, Qingxiao Fang, Mengyu Li, Jin Zhang, Rui Li, Tianxing Zhou, Keshan Wang, Jie Deng, Xiuchao Wang, Chongbiao Huang and 7 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Evolution of Prime Editing: Enhancing Efficiency and Expanding Capacity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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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

17 authors.

Chao Yang *Pancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China. yangchao@tjmuch.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-2763
Qingxiao Fang *Pancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Mengyu Li *Pancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jin Zhang *Pancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Rui LiCollege of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China.
Tianxing ZhouPancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Keshan WangDepartment of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4128-2214
Jie DengSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9774-1240
Xiuchao WangPancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Chongbiao HuangPancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yukuan FengPancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoping ZhangDepartment of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Lei ShiState Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Tianjin, China. shilei@tmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1679-3618
Changhao BiTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. bi_ch@tib.cas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1940-8511
Xueli ZhangTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. zhang_xl@tib.cas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8660-4037
Jun YuPancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China. yujun@tjmuch.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3435-6550
Jihui HaoPancreas Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China. haojihui@tjmuch.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1607-1730

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32471478National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82203238
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prime editing (PE) is a precise tool for introducing genetic mutations in eukaryotes. Extending the efficient editing scope and mitigating undesired byproducts are possible. We introduce reverse PE (rPE), a SpCas9-directed variant that enabled DNA editing at the 3' direction of HNH-mediated nick site. The rPE leveraging nCas9-D10A and rPE gRNA targeting the 5' direction of HNH-mediated nick site inscribes genetic alterations, achieving a reverse editing window and potentially high fidelity. HNH and reverse transcriptase engineered using protein language models in conjunction with La facilitate circular erPEmax and erPE7max, achieving editing efficiency up to 44.41% without nick gRNA or positive selection. Furthermore, our findings underscore the capability of rPE in inserting functionally enhanced variant (PIK3CD

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Artificial IntelligenceGene EditingCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsHEK293 CellsHumansRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsCRISPR-Associated Protein 9RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

Identifiers

PMID40461565
PMCPMC12134370

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