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Quantifying CRISPR off-target effects

Gkazi, SA; (2019) Quantifying CRISPR off-target effects. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences , 3 (3) pp. 327-334. 10.1042/etls20180146. Green open access

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Abstract

Recent advances in the era of genetic engineering have significantly improved our ability to make precise changes in the genomes of human cells. Throughout the years, clinical trials based on gene therapies have led to the cure of diseases such as X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1), adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA-SCID) and Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome. Despite the success gene therapy has had, there is still the risk of genotoxicity due to the potential oncogenesis introduced by utilising viral vectors. Research has focused on alternative strategies like genome editing without viral vectors as a means to reduce genotoxicity introduced by the viral vectors. Although there is an extensive use of RNA-guided genome editing via the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and associated protein-9 (Cas9) technology for biomedical research, its genome-wide target specificity and its genotoxic side effects remain controversial. There have been reports of on- and off-target effects created by CRISPR–Cas9 that can include small and large indels and inversions, highlighting the potential risk of insertional mutagenesis. In the last few years, a plethora of in silico, in vitro and in vivo genome-wide assays have been introduced with the sole purpose of profiling these effects. Here, we are going to discuss the genotoxic obstacles in gene therapies and give an up-to-date overview of methodologies for quantifying CRISPR–Cas9 effects.

Type: Article
Title: Quantifying CRISPR off-target effects
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1042/etls20180146
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1042/etls20180146
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: bioinformatics, CRISPR/Cas9, off-target effects, on-target effects
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084663
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