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ArticleNature communications2026

Miniature and versatile genome regulation TnpB-ωRNA toolkits facilitate cancer immunotherapy.

Junlin Lu, Jiajian Lai, Liang Cheng, Hengji Zhan, Kaiwen Jie, Chu Liu, Lin Huang, Meifeng Cen, Sen Liu, Zehua Chen and 10 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Junlin Lu *Department of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3438-0297
Jiajian Lai *Department of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Liang Cheng *Department of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hengji Zhan *Department of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Kaiwen JieDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Chu LiuDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Lin HuangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2121-365X
Meifeng CenGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Sen LiuDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zehua ChenDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Qiang ZhangDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jianhui ZhangDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jingdie WuDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Bolin PanDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Siting ChenDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jianmei ZhongDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Baoqing HeDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hui LiDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7879-1792
Xu ChenDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. chenx457@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8425-036X
Tianxin LinDepartment of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. lintx@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3180-8697

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR‒Cas systems represent powerful tools for genome regulation. However, the large size of Cas proteins limits their efficient delivery via an adeno-associated virus (AAV), thereby restricting their clinical translation. Here, we engineer the IS200/IS605 transposon-encoded nuclease TnpB, along with its ωRNA scaffold, to create an enhanced TnpB system, which serves as a compact toolkit for gene activation, genome editing, and base editing. The gene activator enTnpBa increases expression by 2889-fold with a minimized 93 nt ωRNA and robustly activates endogenous genes in mammalian cells. We develop a single-AAV-based regimen for immune activation (AAV-ImmunAct) that delivers enTnpBa to activate CXCL9, IL-15, and IFN-γ. AAV-ImmunAct effectively enhances T cell migration and activation, increases killing of cancer cell lines and patient-derived organoids, and synergizes with anti-PD-1 therapy in humanized mice. Here, we establish enTnpB as a compact and versatile platform for genome regulation and a promising tool for cancer immunotherapy.

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ImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorCRISPR-Cas SystemsDependovirusGene EditingHumansMiceT-Lymphocytes

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