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ArticleBioengineering & translational medicine2026

A PepFect14 analog improves non-viral CRISPR delivery in primary human cells to facilitate genome editing and repair.

Alex du Rand, Courtney Masterson, Daniel Verdon, Andrew Siow, Evert Loef, Rod Dunbar, Richard Kingston, Paul Harris, Hilary Sheppard

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Article in Bioengineering & translational medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alex du RandSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9481-4149
Courtney MastersonSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3487-519X
Daniel VerdonSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6060-0065
Andrew SiowSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0341-065X
Evert LoefSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1531-1050
Rod DunbarSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9626-2600
Richard KingstonSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0893-6973
Paul HarrisSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2579-4543
Hilary SheppardSchool of Biological Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1147-4618

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Abstract

CRISPR-based designer nucleases can facilitate genome engineering targeting almost any genomic locus. However, safe and efficient methods for delivering gene editors into primary human cells and tissues remain a central challenge. In this study, we employed a PepFect14 (PF14) analog, PF14-K, to deliver high-fidelity Cas9-ribonucleoproteins and non-viral repair templates into primary human skin cells to mediate gene editing and repair targeting genes underlying the group of genetic skin blistering disorders epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Peptide-RNP nanoparticles enabled consistent gene editing of >70% in primary wild type fibroblasts and >50% in primary wild type keratinocytes. In more difficult-to-transfect primary EB skin cells, this strategy facilitated up to 68% exon deletion-mediated reframing targeting

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cell penetrating peptidesCRISPR/Cas9epidermolysis bullosagene editinggene therapyPepFect14ribonucleoproteins

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PMID42666741
PMCPMC13522898

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