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Topical gene editing therapeutics using lipid nanoparticles: 'gene creams' for genetic skin diseases?

Guri-Lamce, Ina; AlRokh, Yara; Kim, Youngah; Maeshima, Ruhina; Graham, Carina; Hart, Stephen L; McGrath, John A; (2023) Topical gene editing therapeutics using lipid nanoparticles: 'gene creams' for genetic skin diseases? British Journal of Dermatology 10.1093/bjd/ljad528. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Patients living with inherited skin diseases have benefitted from recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies that provide new or improved diagnostics. However, developing and delivering new treatments for the "genodermatoses" remains challenging. The goal of creating topical preparations that can recover the inherent gene pathology remains largely aspirational. However, recent progress in two fields, the chemistry of topical delivery formulations (lipid nanoparticles) and the molecular biology of gene repair (CRISPR-Cas9, base and prime editing), now presents new opportunities to address that unmet need. In this review, we discuss how lipid nanoparticle delivery vehicles could be used to deliver gene editing tools to formulate topical "gene creams" suitable for the treatment of genodermatoses. We summarise the historical landscape of topical therapeutics and advances in gene editing which may herald an era of new therapies for patients with inherited skin disorders.

Type: Article
Title: Topical gene editing therapeutics using lipid nanoparticles: 'gene creams' for genetic skin diseases?
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/bjd/ljad528
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad528
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Association of Dermatologists. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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 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 > Genetics and Genomic Medicine Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10189517
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