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lenti dCAS-VP64_Blast Citations (162)

Originally described in: Genome-scale transcriptional activation by an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex.
Konermann S, Brigham MD, Trevino AE, Joung J, Abudayyeh OO, Barcena C, Hsu PD, Habib N, Gootenberg JS, Nishimasu H, Nureki O, Zhang F Nature. 2014 Dec 10. doi: 10.1038/nature14136.
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CRISPR-mediated Activation of Latent HIV-1 Expression. Limsirichai P, Gaj T, Schaffer DV. Mol Ther. 2015 Nov 26. doi: 10.1038/mt.2015.213. PubMed
Specific induction of endogenous viral restriction factors using CRISPR/Cas-derived transcriptional activators. Bogerd HP, Kornepati AV, Marshall JB, Kennedy EM, Cullen BR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Dec 29;112(52):E7249-56. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516305112. Epub 2015 Dec 14. PubMed
Comparison of Cas9 activators in multiple species. Chavez A, Tuttle M, Pruitt BW, Ewen-Campen B, Chari R, Ter-Ovanesyan D, Haque SJ, Cecchi RJ, Kowal EJ, Buchthal J, Housden BE, Perrimon N, Collins JJ, Church G. Nat Methods. 2016 May 23. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3871. PubMed

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Genome-scale deletion screening of human long non-coding RNAs using a paired-guide RNA CRISPR-Cas9 library. Zhu S, Li W, Liu J, Chen CH, Liao Q, Xu P, Xu H, Xiao T, Cao Z, Peng J, Yuan P, Brown M, Liu XS, Wei W. Nat Biotechnol. 2016 Dec;34(12):1279-1286. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3715. Epub 2016 Oct 31. PubMed

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Directed evolution using dCas9-targeted somatic hypermutation in mammalian cells. Hess GT, Fresard L, Han K, Lee CH, Li A, Cimprich KA, Montgomery SB, Bassik MC. Nat Methods. 2016 Oct 31. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.4038. PubMed

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Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) stably expressing CRISPR-based synergistic activation mediator (SAM). Xiong K, Zhou Y, Hyttel P, Bolund L, Freude KK, Luo Y. Stem Cell Res. 2016 Nov 17;17(3):665-669. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2016.10.011. PubMed
Rewiring human cellular input-output using modular extracellular sensors. Schwarz KA, Daringer NM, Dolberg TB, Leonard JN. Nat Chem Biol. 2016 Dec 12. doi: 10.1038/nchembio.2253. PubMed

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Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout and transcriptional activation screening. Joung J, Konermann S, Gootenberg JS, Abudayyeh OO, Platt RJ, Brigham MD, Sanjana NE, Zhang F. Nat Protoc. 2017 Apr;12(4):828-863. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2017.016. Epub 2017 Mar 23. PubMed

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The Effects of Voluntary Physical Exercise-Activated Neurotrophic Signaling in Rat Hippocampus on mRNA Levels of Downstream Signaling Molecules. Solvsten CAE, Daugaard TF, Luo Y, de Paoli F, Christensen JH, Nielsen AL. J Mol Neurosci. 2017 Jun;62(2):142-153. doi: 10.1007/s12031-017-0918-9. Epub 2017 Apr 24. PubMed
A Wnt-producing niche drives proliferative potential and progression in lung adenocarcinoma. Tammela T, Sanchez-Rivera FJ, Cetinbas NM, Wu K, Joshi NS, Helenius K, Park Y, Azimi R, Kerper NR, Wesselhoeft RA, Gu X, Schmidt L, Cornwall-Brady M, Yilmaz OH, Xue W, Katajisto P, Bhutkar A, Jacks T. Nature. 2017 May 18;545(7654):355-359. doi: 10.1038/nature22334. Epub 2017 May 10. PubMed
Locus-specific histone deacetylation using a synthetic CRISPR-Cas9-based HDAC. Kwon DY, Zhao YT, Lamonica JM, Zhou Z. Nat Commun. 2017 May 12;8:15315. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15315. PubMed

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LDB1-mediated enhancer looping can be established independent of mediator and cohesin. Krivega I, Dean A. Nucleic Acids Res. 2017 May 18. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx433. PubMed
Quantitative proteomics identify Tenascin-C as a promoter of lung cancer progression and contributor to a signature prognostic of patient survival. Gocheva V, Naba A, Bhutkar A, Guardia T, Miller KM, Li CM, Dayton TL, Sanchez-Rivera FJ, Kim-Kiselak C, Jailkhani N, Winslow MM, Del Rosario A, Hynes RO, Jacks T. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Jul 11;114(28):E5625-E5634. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1707054114. Epub 2017 Jun 26. PubMed
The methyltransferase SETDB1 regulates a large neuron-specific topological chromatin domain. Jiang Y, Loh YE, Rajarajan P, Hirayama T, Liao W, Kassim BS, Javidfar B, Hartley BJ, Kleofas L, Park RB, Labonte B, Ho SM, Chandrasekaran S, Do C, Ramirez BR, Peter CJ, C W JT, Safaie BM, Morishita H, Roussos P, Nestler EJ, Schaefer A, Tycko B, Brennand KJ, Yagi T, Shen L, Akbarian S. Nat Genet. 2017 Aug;49(8):1239-1250. doi: 10.1038/ng.3906. Epub 2017 Jul 3. PubMed
EINCR1 is an EGF inducible lincRNA overexpressed in lung adenocarcinomas. Nowicki-Osuch K, Li Y, Challinor M, Gerrard DT, Hanley NA, Sharrocks AD. PLoS One. 2017 Jul 21;12(7):e0181902. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181902. eCollection 2017. PubMed
Evaluating Synthetic Activation and Repression of Neuropsychiatric-Related Genes in hiPSC-Derived NPCs, Neurons, and Astrocytes. Ho SM, Hartley BJ, Flaherty E, Rajarajan P, Abdelaal R, Obiorah I, Barretto N, Muhammad H, Phatnani HP, Akbarian S, Brennand KJ. Stem Cell Reports. 2017 Aug 8;9(2):615-628. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.06.012. Epub 2017 Jul 27. PubMed

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Genome-scale activation screen identifies a lncRNA locus regulating a gene neighbourhood. Joung J, Engreitz JM, Konermann S, Abudayyeh OO, Verdine VK, Aguet F, Gootenberg JS, Sanjana NE, Wright JB, Fulco CP, Tseng YY, Yoon CH, Boehm JS, Lander ES, Zhang F. Nature. 2017 Aug 11. doi: 10.1038/nature23451. PubMed
Specific Expression of Interferon-gamma Induced by Synergistic Activation Mediator-Derived Systems Activates Innate Immunity and Inhibits Tumorigenesis. Liu S, Yu X, Wang Q, Liu Z, Xiao Q, Hou P, Hu Y, Hou W, Yang Z, Guo D, Chen S. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2017 Oct 28;27(10):1855-1866. doi: 10.4014/jmb.1705.05081. PubMed
One-Step piggyBac Transposon-Based CRISPR/Cas9 Activation of Multiple Genes. Li S, Zhang A, Xue H, Li D, Liu Y. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2017 Sep 15;8:64-76. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2017.06.007. Epub 2017 Jun 15. PubMed

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CRISPR/Cas9 screening using unique molecular identifiers. Schmierer B, Botla SK, Zhang J, Turunen M, Kivioja T, Taipale J. Mol Syst Biol. 2017 Oct 9;13(10):945. doi: 10.15252/msb.20177834. PubMed

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Bidirectional manipulation of gene expression in adipocytes using CRISPRa and siRNA. Lundh M, Plucinska K, Isidor MS, Petersen PSS, Emanuelli B. Mol Metab. 2017 Oct;6(10):1313-1320. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2017.07.001. Epub 2017 Jul 8. PubMed
Multiscale 3D Genome Rewiring during Mouse Neural Development. Bonev B, Mendelson Cohen N, Szabo Q, Fritsch L, Papadopoulos GL, Lubling Y, Xu X, Lv X, Hugnot JP, Tanay A, Cavalli G. Cell. 2017 Oct 19;171(3):557-572.e24. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.09.043. PubMed
Fusion guide RNAs for orthogonal gene manipulation with Cas9 and Cpf1. Kweon J, Jang AH, Kim DE, Yang JW, Yoon M, Rim Shin H, Kim JS, Kim Y. Nat Commun. 2017 Nov 23;8(1):1723. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01650-w. PubMed
A transcribed enhancer dictates mesendoderm specification in pluripotency. Alexanian M, Maric D, Jenkinson SP, Mina M, Friedman CE, Ting CC, Micheletti R, Plaisance I, Nemir M, Maison D, Kernen J, Pezzuto I, Villeneuve D, Burdet F, Ibberson M, Leib SL, Palpant NJ, Hernandez N, Ounzain S, Pedrazzini T. Nat Commun. 2017 Nov 27;8(1):1806. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01804-w. PubMed
Conserved Gene Microsynteny Unveils Functional Interaction Between Protein Disulfide Isomerase and Rho Guanine-Dissociation Inhibitor Families. Moretti AIS, Pavanelli JC, Nolasco P, Leisegang MS, Tanaka LY, Fernandes CG, Wosniak J Jr, Kajihara D, Dias MH, Fernandes DC, Jo H, Tran NV, Ebersberger I, Brandes RP, Bonatto D, Laurindo FRM. Sci Rep. 2017 Dec 8;7(1):17262. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16947-5. PubMed
YY1 Is a Structural Regulator of Enhancer-Promoter Loops. Weintraub AS, Li CH, Zamudio AV, Sigova AA, Hannett NM, Day DS, Abraham BJ, Cohen MA, Nabet B, Buckley DL, Guo YE, Hnisz D, Jaenisch R, Bradner JE, Gray NS, Young RA. Cell. 2017 Dec 14;171(7):1573-1588.e28. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.008. Epub 2017 Dec 7. PubMed

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Modulating Gene Expression in Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Positive B Cell Lines with CRISPRa and CRISPRi. Wang LW, Trudeau SJ, Wang C, Gerdt C, Jiang S, Zhao B, Gewurz BE. Curr Protoc Mol Biol. 2018 Jan 16;121:31.13.1-31.13.18. doi: 10.1002/cpmb.50. PubMed
Polycomb protein RING1A limits hematopoietic differentiation in myelodysplastic syndromes. Palau A, Garz AK, Diesch J, Zwick A, Malinverni R, Valero V, Lappin K, Casquero R, Lennartsson A, Zuber J, Navarro T, Mills KI, Gotze KS, Buschbeck M. Oncotarget. 2017 Dec 1;8(70):115002-115017. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.22839. eCollection 2017 Dec 29. PubMed
RNA-dependent chromatin targeting of TET2 for endogenous retrovirus control in pluripotent stem cells. Guallar D, Bi X, Pardavila JA, Huang X, Saenz C, Shi X, Zhou H, Faiola F, Ding J, Haruehanroengra P, Yang F, Li D, Sanchez-Priego C, Saunders A, Pan F, Valdes VJ, Kelley K, Blanco MG, Chen L, Wang H, Sheng J, Xu M, Fidalgo M, Shen X, Wang J. Nat Genet. 2018 Mar;50(3):443-451. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0060-9. Epub 2018 Feb 26. PubMed
TCF21/POD-1, a Transcritional Regulator of SF-1/NR5A1, as a Potential Prognosis Marker in Adult and Pediatric Adrenocortical Tumors. Passaia BDS, Dias MH, Kremer JL, Antonini SRR, de Almeida MQ, Fragoso MCBV, Lotfi CFP. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2018 Feb 22;9:38. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00038. eCollection 2018. PubMed
Simple method for assembly of CRISPR synergistic activation mediator gRNA expression array. Vad-Nielsen J, Nielsen AL, Luo Y. J Biotechnol. 2018 May 20;274:54-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.03.018. Epub 2018 Mar 26. PubMed
An Integrated Genome-wide CRISPRa Approach to Functionalize lncRNAs in Drug Resistance. Bester AC, Lee JD, Chavez A, Lee YR, Nachmani D, Vora S, Victor J, Sauvageau M, Monteleone E, Rinn JL, Provero P, Church GM, Clohessy JG, Pandolfi PP. Cell. 2018 Apr 19;173(3):649-664.e20. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.052. PubMed
Promoter of lncRNA Gene PVT1 Is a Tumor-Suppressor DNA Boundary Element. Cho SW, Xu J, Sun R, Mumbach MR, Carter AC, Chen YG, Yost KE, Kim J, He J, Nevins SA, Chin SF, Caldas C, Liu SJ, Horlbeck MA, Lim DA, Weissman JS, Curtis C, Chang HY. Cell. 2018 May 31;173(6):1398-1412.e22. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.068. Epub 2018 May 3. PubMed
Epigenetic regulation of the circadian gene Per1 contributes to age-related changes in hippocampal memory. Kwapis JL, Alaghband Y, Kramar EA, Lopez AJ, Vogel Ciernia A, White AO, Shu G, Rhee D, Michael CM, Montellier E, Liu Y, Magnan CN, Chen S, Sassone-Corsi P, Baldi P, Matheos DP, Wood MA. Nat Commun. 2018 Aug 20;9(1):3323. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05868-0. PubMed
Intrinsic Xenobiotic Resistance of the Intestinal Stem Cell Niche. Chee YC, Pahnke J, Bunte R, Adsool VA, Madan B, Virshup DM. Dev Cell. 2018 Sep 24;46(6):681-695.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.07.023. Epub 2018 Aug 23. PubMed
Systematic genetic mapping of necroptosis identifies SLC39A7 as modulator of death receptor trafficking. Fauster A, Rebsamen M, Willmann KL, Cesar-Razquin A, Girardi E, Bigenzahn JW, Schischlik F, Scorzoni S, Bruckner M, Konecka J, Hormann K, Heinz LX, Boztug K, Superti-Furga G. Cell Death Differ. 2018 Sep 20. pii: 10.1038/s41418-018-0192-6. doi: 10.1038/s41418-018-0192-6. PubMed
Intrinsic Nucleotide Preference of Diversifying Base Editors Guides Antibody Ex Vivo Affinity Maturation. Liu LD, Huang M, Dai P, Liu T, Fan S, Cheng X, Zhao Y, Yeap LS, Meng FL. Cell Rep. 2018 Oct 23;25(4):884-892.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.09.090. PubMed

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Genomic sequencing and editing revealed the GRM8 signaling pathway as potential therapeutic targets of squamous cell lung cancer. Zhang P, Kang B, Xie G, Li S, Gu Y, Shen Y, Zhao X, Ma Y, Li F, Si J, Wang J, Chen J, Yang H, Xu X, Yang Y. Cancer Lett. 2019 Feb 1;442:53-67. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2018.10.035. Epub 2018 Oct 27. PubMed
Pooled extracellular receptor-ligand interaction screening using CRISPR activation. Chong ZS, Ohnishi S, Yusa K, Wright GJ. Genome Biol. 2018 Nov 26;19(1):205. doi: 10.1186/s13059-018-1581-3. PubMed

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Optimized libraries for CRISPR-Cas9 genetic screens with multiple modalities. Sanson KR, Hanna RE, Hegde M, Donovan KF, Strand C, Sullender ME, Vaimberg EW, Goodale A, Root DE, Piccioni F, Doench JG. Nat Commun. 2018 Dec 21;9(1):5416. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07901-8. PubMed

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Resveratrol enhances pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells by activating AMPK/Ulk1 pathway. Suvorova II, Knyazeva AR, Petukhov AV, Aksenov ND, Pospelov VA. Cell Death Discov. 2019 Feb 4;5:61. doi: 10.1038/s41420-019-0137-y. eCollection 2019. PubMed
Reduced mitochondrial fusion and Huntingtin levels contribute to impaired dendritic maturation and behavioral deficits in Fmr1-mutant mice. Shen M, Wang F, Li M, Sah N, Stockton ME, Tidei JJ, Gao Y, Korabelnikov T, Kannan S, Vevea JD, Chapman ER, Bhattacharyya A, van Praag H, Zhao X. Nat Neurosci. 2019 Mar;22(3):386-400. doi: 10.1038/s41593-019-0338-y. Epub 2019 Feb 11. PubMed

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Construction and validation of the CRISPR/dCas9-EZH2 system for targeted H3K27Me3 modification. Chen X, Wei M, Liu X, Song S, Wang L, Yang X, Song Y. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019 Apr 2;511(2):246-252. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.02.011. Epub 2019 Feb 20. PubMed
CRISPR-mediated activation of endogenous BST-2/tetherin expression inhibits wild-type HIV-1 production. Zhang Y, Ozono S, Yao W, Tobiume M, Yamaoka S, Kishigami S, Fujita H, Tokunaga K. Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 28;9(1):3134. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40003-z. PubMed
Optimization of lentiviral transduction parameters and its application for CRISPR-based secretome modification of human endometrial mesenchymal stem cells. Deryabin P, Griukova A, Shatrova A, Petukhov A, Nikolsky N, Borodkina A. Cell Cycle. 2019 Mar - Apr;18(6-7):742-758. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2019.1593650. Epub 2019 Mar 28. PubMed
Hominoid-Specific Transposable Elements and KZFPs Facilitate Human Embryonic Genome Activation and Control Transcription in Naive Human ESCs. Pontis J, Planet E, Offner S, Turelli P, Duc J, Coudray A, Theunissen TW, Jaenisch R, Trono D. Cell Stem Cell. 2019 May 2;24(5):724-735.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2019.03.012. Epub 2019 Apr 18. PubMed
Targeted removal of epigenetic barriers during transcriptional reprogramming. Baumann V, Wiesbeck M, Breunig CT, Braun JM, Koferle A, Ninkovic J, Gotz M, Stricker SH. Nat Commun. 2019 May 9;10(1):2119. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10146-8. PubMed
Lysolipid receptor cross-talk regulates lymphatic endothelial junctions in lymph nodes. Hisano Y, Kono M, Cartier A, Engelbrecht E, Kano K, Kawakami K, Xiong Y, Piao W, Galvani S, Yanagida K, Kuo A, Ono Y, Ishida S, Aoki J, Proia RL, Bromberg JS, Inoue A, Hla T. J Exp Med. 2019 Jul 1;216(7):1582-1598. doi: 10.1084/jem.20181895. Epub 2019 May 30. PubMed
Efficient and flexible tagging of endogenous genes by homology-independent intron targeting. Serebrenik YV, Sansbury SE, Kumar SS, Henao-Mejia J, Shalem O. Genome Res. 2019 Aug;29(8):1322-1328. doi: 10.1101/gr.246413.118. Epub 2019 Jun 25. PubMed

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CRISPR/dCas9-mediated activation of multiple endogenous target genes directly converts human foreskin fibroblasts into Leydig-like cells. Huang H, Zou X, Zhong L, Hou Y, Zhou J, Zhang Z, Xing X, Sun J. J Cell Mol Med. 2019 Jul 2. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.14470. PubMed
MUC16 in non-small cell lung cancer patients affected by familial lung cancer and indoor air pollution: clinical characteristics and cell behaviors. Chen Y, Huang Y, Kanwal M, Li G, Yang J, Niu H, Li Z, Ding X. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2019 Aug;8(4):476-488. doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2019.07.10. PubMed
H3K18ac Primes Mesendodermal Differentiation upon Nodal Signaling. Luo M, Bai J, Liu B, Yan P, Zuo F, Sun H, Sun Y, Xu X, Song Z, Yang Y, Massague J, Lan X, Lu Z, Chen YG, Deng H, Xie W, Xi Q. Stem Cell Reports. 2019 Oct 8;13(4):642-656. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.08.016. Epub 2019 Sep 26. PubMed
Transcriptional landscape and clinical utility of enhancer RNAs for eRNA-targeted therapy in cancer. Zhang Z, Lee JH, Ruan H, Ye Y, Krakowiak J, Hu Q, Xiang Y, Gong J, Zhou B, Wang L, Lin C, Diao L, Mills GB, Li W, Han L. Nat Commun. 2019 Oct 8;10(1):4562. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12543-5. PubMed
Identification and Massively Parallel Characterization of Regulatory Elements Driving Neural Induction. Inoue F, Kreimer A, Ashuach T, Ahituv N, Yosef N. Cell Stem Cell. 2019 Nov 7;25(5):713-727.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2019.09.010. Epub 2019 Oct 17. PubMed
lncRNA RMST Enhances DNMT3 Expression through Interaction with HuR. Peng WX, Koirala P, Zhang W, Ni C, Wang Z, Yang L, Mo YY. Mol Ther. 2020 Jan 8;28(1):9-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.09.024. Epub 2019 Oct 4. PubMed
Molecular basis of senescence transmitting in the population of human endometrial stromal cells. Griukova A, Deryabin P, Shatrova A, Burova E, Severino V, Farina A, Nikolsky N, Borodkina A. Aging (Albany NY). 2019 Nov 5;11(21):9912-9931. doi: 10.18632/aging.102441. Epub 2019 Nov 5. PubMed
A conserved miRNA-183 cluster regulates the innate antiviral response. Singaravelu R, Ahmed N, Quan C, Srinivasan P, Ablenas CJ, Roy DG, Pezacki JP. J Biol Chem. 2019 Dec 20;294(51):19785-19794. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.010858. Epub 2019 Nov 6. PubMed
Distinct IL-1alpha-responsive enhancers promote acute and coordinated changes in chromatin topology in a hierarchical manner. Weiterer SS, Meier-Soelch J, Georgomanolis T, Mizi A, Beyerlein A, Weiser H, Brant L, Mayr-Buro C, Jurida L, Beuerlein K, Muller H, Weber A, Tenekeci U, Dittrich-Breiholz O, Bartkuhn M, Nist A, Stiewe T, van IJcken WF, Riedlinger T, Schmitz ML, Papantonis A, Kracht M. EMBO J. 2020 Jan 2;39(1):e101533. doi: 10.15252/embj.2019101533. Epub 2019 Nov 7. PubMed
The targetable kinase PIM1 drives ALK inhibitor resistance in high-risk neuroblastoma independent of MYCN status. Trigg RM, Lee LC, Prokoph N, Jahangiri L, Reynolds CP, Amos Burke GA, Probst NA, Han M, Matthews JD, Lim HK, Manners E, Martinez S, Pastor J, Blanco-Aparicio C, Merkel O, de Los Fayos Alonso IG, Kodajova P, Tangermann S, Hogler S, Luo J, Kenner L, Turner SD. Nat Commun. 2019 Nov 28;10(1):5428. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13315-x. PubMed
Gene activation by dCas9-CBP and the SAM system differ in target preference. Sajwan S, Mannervik M. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 2;9(1):18104. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54179-x. PubMed
Long noncoding RNA PiHL regulates p53 protein stability through GRWD1/RPL11/MDM2 axis in colorectal cancer. Deng X, Li S, Kong F, Ruan H, Xu X, Zhang X, Wu Z, Zhang L, Xu Y, Yuan H, Peng H, Yang D, Guan M. Theranostics. 2020 Jan 1;10(1):265-280. doi: 10.7150/thno.36045. eCollection 2020. PubMed
CRISPR-Cas9-induced IGF1 gene activation as a tool for enhancing muscle differentiation via multiple isoform expression. Roberston MJ, Raghunathan S, Potaman VN, Zhang F, Stewart MD, McConnell BK, Schwartz RJ. FASEB J. 2020 Jan;34(1):555-570. doi: 10.1096/fj.201901107RR. Epub 2019 Nov 25. PubMed
Interrogation of enhancer function by enhancer-targeting CRISPR epigenetic editing. Li K, Liu Y, Cao H, Zhang Y, Gu Z, Liu X, Yu A, Kaphle P, Dickerson KE, Ni M, Xu J. Nat Commun. 2020 Jan 24;11(1):485. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14362-5. PubMed

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RIPK3 upregulation confers robust proliferation and collateral cystine-dependence on breast cancer recurrence. Lin CC, Mabe NW, Lin YT, Yang WH, Tang X, Hong L, Sun T, Force J, Marks JR, Yao TP, Alvarez JV, Chi JT. Cell Death Differ. 2020 Jul;27(7):2234-2247. doi: 10.1038/s41418-020-0499-y. Epub 2020 Jan 27. PubMed
Cancer Cell-Derived Matrisome Proteins Promote Metastasis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Tian C, Ohlund D, Rickelt S, Lidstrom T, Huang Y, Hao L, Zhao RT, Franklin O, Bhatia SN, Tuveson DA, Hynes RO. Cancer Res. 2020 Apr 1;80(7):1461-1474. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-2578. Epub 2020 Feb 6. PubMed
DUX-miR-344-ZMYM2-Mediated Activation of MERVL LTRs Induces a Totipotent 2C-like State. Yang F, Huang X, Zang R, Chen J, Fidalgo M, Sanchez-Priego C, Yang J, Caichen A, Ma F, Macfarlan T, Wang H, Gao S, Zhou H, Wang J. Cell Stem Cell. 2020 Feb 6;26(2):234-250.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.01.004. PubMed
The COMET toolkit for composing customizable genetic programs in mammalian cells. Donahue PS, Draut JW, Muldoon JJ, Edelstein HI, Bagheri N, Leonard JN. Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 7;11(1):779. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-14147-5. PubMed

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A lncRNA-SWI/SNF complex crosstalk controls transcriptional activation at specific promoter regions. Grossi E, Raimondi I, Goni E, Gonzalez J, Marchese FP, Chapaprieta V, Martin-Subero JI, Guo S, Huarte M. Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 18;11(1):936. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14623-3. PubMed
Lineage reprogramming of fibroblasts into induced cardiac progenitor cells by CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptional activators. Wang J, Jiang X, Zhao L, Zuo S, Chen X, Zhang L, Lin Z, Zhao X, Qin Y, Zhou X, Yu XY. Acta Pharm Sin B. 2020 Feb;10(2):313-326. doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2019.09.003. Epub 2019 Sep 17. PubMed
Leydig-like cells derived from reprogrammed human foreskin fibroblasts by CRISPR/dCas9 increase the level of serum testosterone in castrated male rats. Huang H, Zhong L, Zhou J, Hou Y, Zhang Z, Xing X, Sun J. J Cell Mol Med. 2020 Apr;24(7):3971-3981. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.15018. Epub 2020 Mar 11. PubMed
Robustness of Catalytically Dead Cas9 Activators in Human Pluripotent and Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Petazzi P, Torres-Ruiz R, Fidanza A, Roca-Ho H, Gutierrez-Aguera F, Castano J, Rodriguez-Perales S, Diaz de la Guardia R, Lopez-Millan B, Bigas A, Forrester LM, Bueno C, Menendez P. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2020 Jun 5;20:196-204. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2020.02.009. Epub 2020 Feb 27. PubMed
LRP6-CRISPR prevents activation of hepatic stellate cells and liver fibrogenesis in rats. Yu L, Wang L, Yi H, Wu X. Am J Transl Res. 2020 Feb 15;12(2):397-408. eCollection 2020. PubMed
CRISPR screening identifies M1AP as a new MYC regulator with a promoter-reporter system. Yamamoto A, Kurata M, Onishi I, Sugita K, Matsumura M, Ishibashi S, Ikeda M, Yamamoto K, Kitagawa M. PeerJ. 2020 May 6;8:e9046. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9046. eCollection 2020. PubMed
Defective NADPH production in mitochondrial disease complex I causes inflammation and cell death. Balsa E, Perry EA, Bennett CF, Jedrychowski M, Gygi SP, Doench JG, Puigserver P. Nat Commun. 2020 Jun 1;11(1):2714. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16423-1. PubMed
LRRK2 Kinase Inhibition Rescues Deficits in Lysosome Function Due to Heterozygous GBA1 Expression in Human iPSC-Derived Neurons. Sanyal A, Novis HS, Gasser E, Lin S, LaVoie MJ. Front Neurosci. 2020 May 15;14:442. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00442. eCollection 2020. PubMed
Direct-seq: programmed gRNA scaffold for streamlined scRNA-seq in CRISPR screen. Song Q, Ni K, Liu M, Li Y, Wang L, Wang Y, Liu Y, Yu Z, Qi Y, Lu Z, Ma L. Genome Biol. 2020 Jun 8;21(1):136. doi: 10.1186/s13059-020-02044-w. PubMed

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Enforced Activation of Enhancer RNAs In Situ through the dCas9 Synergistic Activation Mediator System. Liao Z, Lee JH, Krakowiak J, Wang R, Li W. J Vis Exp. 2020 Jun 5;(160). doi: 10.3791/61460. PubMed
Decipher the complexity of cis-regulatory regions by a modified Cas9. Kirchner S, Reuter S, Westphal A, Mrowka R. PLoS One. 2020 Jul 2;15(7):e0235530. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235530. eCollection 2020. PubMed
Transcriptional repression of PTEN in neural cells using CRISPR/dCas9 epigenetic editing. Moses C, Hodgetts SI, Nugent F, Ben-Ary G, Park KK, Blancafort P, Harvey AR. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 9;10(1):11393. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68257-y. PubMed
Complex roles of the actin-binding protein Girdin/GIV in DNA damage-induced apoptosis of cancer cells. Chen C, Enomoto A, Weng L, Taki T, Shiraki Y, Mii S, Ichihara R, Kanda M, Koike M, Kodera Y, Takahashi M. Cancer Sci. 2020 Nov;111(11):4303-4317. doi: 10.1111/cas.14637. Epub 2020 Sep 19. PubMed
Gene Manipulation Using Fusion Guide RNAs for Cas9 and Cas12a. Shin HR, Kweon J, Kim Y. Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2162:185-193. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0687-2_10. PubMed
Dual genome-wide CRISPR knockout and CRISPR activation screens identify mechanisms that regulate the resistance to multiple ATR inhibitors. Schleicher EM, Dhoonmoon A, Jackson LM, Clements KE, Stump CL, Nicolae CM, Moldovan GL. PLoS Genet. 2020 Nov 2;16(11):e1009176. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009176. eCollection 2020 Nov. PubMed
Human RNase3 immune modulation by catalytic-dependent and independent modes in a macrophage-cell line infection model. Lu L, Wei R, Prats-Ejarque G, Goetz M, Wang G, Torrent M, Boix E. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2021 Mar;78(6):2963-2985. doi: 10.1007/s00018-020-03695-5. Epub 2020 Nov 23. PubMed
Identification of regulators of poly-ADP-ribose polymerase inhibitor response through complementary CRISPR knockout and activation screens. Clements KE, Schleicher EM, Thakar T, Hale A, Dhoonmoon A, Tolman NJ, Sharma A, Liang X, Imamura Kawasawa Y, Nicolae CM, Wang HG, De S, Moldovan GL. Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 30;11(1):6118. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19961-w. PubMed
Promoter-proximal CTCF binding promotes distal enhancer-dependent gene activation. Kubo N, Ishii H, Xiong X, Bianco S, Meitinger F, Hu R, Hocker JD, Conte M, Gorkin D, Yu M, Li B, Dixon JR, Hu M, Nicodemi M, Zhao H, Ren B. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2021 Feb;28(2):152-161. doi: 10.1038/s41594-020-00539-5. Epub 2021 Jan 4. PubMed
Functional Genomics Identify Distinct and Overlapping Genes Mediating Resistance to Different Classes of Heterobifunctional Degraders of Oncoproteins. Shirasaki R, Matthews GM, Gandolfi S, de Matos Simoes R, Buckley DL, Raja Vora J, Sievers QL, Bruggenthies JB, Dashevsky O, Poarch H, Tang H, Bariteau MA, Sheffer M, Hu Y, Downey-Kopyscinski SL, Hengeveld PJ, Glassner BJ, Dhimolea E, Ott CJ, Zhang T, Kwiatkowski NP, Laubach JP, Schlossman RL, Richardson PG, Culhane AC, Groen RWJ, Fischer ES, Vazquez F, Tsherniak A, Hahn WC, Levy J, Auclair D, Licht JD, Keats JJ, Boise LH, Ebert BL, Bradner JE, Gray NS, Mitsiades CS. Cell Rep. 2021 Jan 5;34(1):108532. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108532. PubMed
SLE non-coding genetic risk variant determines the epigenetic dysfunction of an immune cell specific enhancer that controls disease-critical microRNA expression. Hou G, Harley ITW, Lu X, Zhou T, Xu N, Yao C, Qin Y, Ouyang Y, Ma J, Zhu X, Yu X, Xu H, Dai D, Ding H, Yin Z, Ye Z, Deng J, Zhou M, Tang Y, Namjou B, Guo Y, Weirauch MT, Kottyan LC, Harley JB, Shen N. Nat Commun. 2021 Jan 8;12(1):135. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20460-1. PubMed
Venetoclax sensitivity in multiple myeloma is associated with B-cell gene expression. Gupta VA, Barwick BG, Matulis SM, Shirasaki R, Jaye DL, Keats JJ, Oberlton B, Joseph NS, Hofmeister CC, Heffner LT, Dhodapkar MV, Nooka AK, Lonial S, Mitsiades CS, Kaufman JL, Boise LH. Blood. 2021 Jul 1;137(26):3604-3615. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020007899. PubMed
HIF1alpha epigenetically repressed macrophages via CRISPR/Cas9-EZH2 system for enhanced cancer immunotherapy. Dong Y, Zhang S, Gao X, Yin D, Wang T, Li Z, Wan Z, Wei M, Luo Y, Yang G, Liu L. Bioact Mater. 2021 Feb 20;6(9):2870-2880. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.02.008. eCollection 2021 Sep. PubMed
The NFIB-ERO1A axis promotes breast cancer metastatic colonization of disseminated tumour cells. Zilli F, Marques Ramos P, Auf der Maur P, Jehanno C, Sethi A, Coissieux MM, Eichlisberger T, Sauteur L, Rouchon A, Bonapace L, Pinto Couto J, Rad R, Jensen MR, Banfi A, Stadler MB, Bentires-Alj M. EMBO Mol Med. 2021 Apr 9;13(4):e13162. doi: 10.15252/emmm.202013162. Epub 2021 Mar 10. PubMed
Proteasomal degradation of the tumour suppressor FBW7 requires branched ubiquitylation by TRIP12. Khan OM, Almagro J, Nelson JK, Horswell S, Encheva V, Keyan KS, Clurman BE, Snijders AP, Behrens A. Nat Commun. 2021 Apr 6;12(1):2043. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22319-5. PubMed

Associated Plasmids

Suppression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma growth and metastasis by fibrillar collagens produced selectively by tumor cells. Tian C, Huang Y, Clauser KR, Rickelt S, Lau AN, Carr SA, Vander Heiden MG, Hynes RO. Nat Commun. 2021 Apr 20;12(1):2328. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22490-9. PubMed
Pooled CRISPR-activation screening coupled with single-cell RNA-seq in mouse embryonic stem cells. Alda-Catalinas C, Eckersley-Maslin MA, Reik W. STAR Protoc. 2021 Apr 9;2(2):100426. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100426. eCollection 2021 Jun 18. PubMed
DSCAM/PAK1 pathway suppression reverses neurogenesis deficits in iPSC-derived cerebral organoids from patients with Down syndrome. Tang XY, Xu L, Wang J, Hong Y, Wang Y, Zhu Q, Wang D, Zhang XY, Liu CY, Fang KH, Han X, Wang S, Wang X, Xu M, Bhattacharyya A, Guo X, Lin M, Liu Y. J Clin Invest. 2021 Jun 15;131(12). pii: 135763. doi: 10.1172/JCI135763. PubMed
Pooled CRISPR screening in pancreatic cancer cells implicates co-repressor complexes as a cause of multiple drug resistance via regulation of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Ramaker RC, Hardigan AA, Gordon ER, Wright CA, Myers RM, Cooper SJ. BMC Cancer. 2021 May 29;21(1):632. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08388-1. PubMed
RNA m(6)A modification orchestrates a LINE-1-host interaction that facilitates retrotransposition and contributes to long gene vulnerability. Xiong F, Wang R, Lee JH, Li S, Chen SF, Liao Z, Hasani LA, Nguyen PT, Zhu X, Krakowiak J, Lee DF, Han L, Tsai KL, Liu Y, Li W. Cell Res. 2021 Aug;31(8):861-885. doi: 10.1038/s41422-021-00515-8. Epub 2021 Jun 9. PubMed
BAP1/ASXL complex modulation regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition during trophoblast differentiation and invasion. Perez-Garcia V, Lea G, Lopez-Jimenez P, Okkenhaug H, Burton GJ, Moffett A, Turco MY, Hemberger M. Elife. 2021 Jun 25;10. pii: 63254. doi: 10.7554/eLife.63254. PubMed
SARS-CoV-2 Restructures the Host Chromatin Architecture. Wang R, Lee JH, Xiong F, Kim J, Hasani LA, Yuan X, Shivshankar P, Krakowiak J, Qi C, Wang Y, Eltzschig HK, Li W. bioRxiv. 2021 Jul 21. doi: 10.1101/2021.07.20.453146. PubMed
Genome-wide CRISPR activation screen identifies candidate receptors for SARS-CoV-2 entry. Zhu S, Liu Y, Zhou Z, Zhang Z, Xiao X, Liu Z, Chen A, Dong X, Tian F, Chen S, Xu Y, Wang C, Li Q, Niu X, Pan Q, Du S, Xiao J, Wang J, Wei W. Sci China Life Sci. 2022 Apr;65(4):701-717. doi: 10.1007/s11427-021-1990-5. Epub 2021 Aug 20. PubMed
Paralogous synthetic lethality underlies genetic dependencies of the cancer-mutated gene STAG2. Bailey ML, Tieu D, Habsid A, Tong AHY, Chan K, Moffat J, Hieter P. Life Sci Alliance. 2021 Aug 30;4(11). pii: 4/11/e202101083. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202101083. Print 2021 Nov. PubMed
Unraveling the functional role of DNA demethylation at specific promoters by targeted steric blockage of DNA methyltransferase with CRISPR/dCas9. Sapozhnikov DM, Szyf M. Nat Commun. 2021 Sep 29;12(1):5711. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25991-9. PubMed

Associated Plasmids

AT-rich interaction domain 5A regulates the transcription of interleukin-6 gene in prostate cancer cells. Ikeuchi W, Wakita Y, Zhang G, Li C, Itakura K, Yamakawa T. Prostate. 2022 Jan;82(1):97-106. doi: 10.1002/pros.24251. Epub 2021 Oct 11. PubMed
CRISPR activation of endogenous genes reprograms fibroblasts into cardiovascular progenitor cells for myocardial infarction therapy. Jiang L, Liang J, Huang W, Ma J, Park KH, Wu Z, Chen P, Zhu H, Ma JJ, Cai W, Paul C, Niu L, Fan GC, Wang HS, Kanisicak O, Xu M, Wang Y. Mol Ther. 2022 Jan 5;30(1):54-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2021.10.015. Epub 2021 Oct 20. PubMed
Lnc-DC promotes estrogen independent growth and tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer. Peng WX, Koirala P, Zhou H, Jiang J, Zhang Z, Yang L, Mo YY. Cell Death Dis. 2021 Oct 25;12(11):1000. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-04288-1. PubMed
A bipartite element with allele-specific functions safeguards DNA methylation imprints at the Dlk1-Dio3 locus. Aronson BE, Scourzic L, Shah V, Swanzey E, Kloetgen A, Polyzos A, Sinha A, Azziz A, Caspi I, Li J, Pelham-Webb B, Glenn RA, Vierbuchen T, Wichterle H, Tsirigos A, Dawlaty MM, Stadtfeld M, Apostolou E. Dev Cell. 2021 Nov 22;56(22):3052-3065.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.10.004. Epub 2021 Oct 27. PubMed
TCOF1 upregulation in triple-negative breast cancer promotes stemness and tumour growth and correlates with poor prognosis. Hu J, Lai Y, Huang H, Ramakrishnan S, Pan Y, Ma VWS, Cheuk W, So GYK, He Q, Geoffrey Lau C, Zhang L, Cho WCS, Chan KM, Wang X, Rebecca Chin Y. Br J Cancer. 2022 Jan;126(1):57-71. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01596-3. Epub 2021 Oct 30. PubMed
The Fusion of CLEC12A and MIR223HG Arises from a trans-Splicing Event in Normal and Transformed Human Cells. Dhungel BP, Monteuuis G, Giardina C, Tabar MS, Feng Y, Metierre C, Ho S, Nagarajah R, Fontaine ARM, Shah JS, Gokal D, Bailey CG, Schmitz U, Rasko JEJ. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Nov 10;22(22). pii: ijms222212178. doi: 10.3390/ijms222212178. PubMed
LRRC15 is an inhibitory receptor blocking SARS-CoV-2 spike-mediated entry in trans. Song J, Chow RD, Pena-Hernandez M, Zhang L, Loeb SA, So EY, Liang OD, Wilen CB, Lee S. bioRxiv. 2021 Nov 24. doi: 10.1101/2021.11.23.469714. PubMed
A predominant enhancer co-amplified with the SOX2 oncogene is necessary and sufficient for its expression in squamous cancer. Liu Y, Wu Z, Zhou J, Ramadurai DKA, Mortenson KL, Aguilera-Jimenez E, Yan Y, Yang X, Taylor AM, Varley KE, Gertz J, Choi PS, Cherniack AD, Chen X, Bass AJ, Bailey SD, Zhang X. Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 8;12(1):7139. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27055-4. PubMed
Functional Genomic Identification of Predictors of Sensitivity and Mechanisms of Resistance to Multivalent Second-Generation TRAIL-R2 Agonists. Grinkevitch V, Wappett M, Crawford N, Price S, Lees A, McCann C, McAllister K, Prehn J, Young J, Bateson J, Gallagher L, Michaut M, Iyer V, Chatzipli A, Barthorpe S, Ciznadija D, Sloma I, Wesa A, Tice DA, Wessels L, Garnett M, Longley DB, McDermott U, McDade SS. Mol Cancer Ther. 2022 Apr 1;21(4):594-606. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-21-0532. PubMed
Upregulation of CD14 in mesenchymal stromal cells accelerates lipopolysaccharide-induced response and enhances antibacterial properties. Hirakawa MP, Tjahjono N, Light YK, Celebi AN, Celebi NN, Chintalapudi P, Butler KS, Branda SS, Krishnakumar R. iScience. 2022 Jan 12;25(2):103759. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.103759. eCollection 2022 Feb 18. PubMed
Genes and compounds that increase type VII collagen expression as potential treatments for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Thompson EL, Pickett-Leonard M, Riddle MJ, Chen W, Albert FW, Tolar J. Exp Dermatol. 2022 Jul;31(7):1065-1075. doi: 10.1111/exd.14555. Epub 2022 Mar 9. PubMed
CRISPR activation screen identifies BCL-2 proteins and B3GNT2 as drivers of cancer resistance to T cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Joung J, Kirchgatterer PC, Singh A, Cho JH, Nety SP, Larson RC, Macrae RK, Deasy R, Tseng YY, Maus MV, Zhang F. Nat Commun. 2022 Mar 25;13(1):1606. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29205-8. PubMed
Lupus enhancer risk variant causes dysregulation of IRF8 through cooperative lncRNA and DNA methylation machinery. Zhou T, Zhu X, Ye Z, Wang YF, Yao C, Xu N, Zhou M, Ma J, Qin Y, Shen Y, Tang Y, Yin Z, Xu H, Zhang Y, Zang X, Ding H, Yang W, Guo Y, Harley JB, Namjou B, Kaufman KM, Kottyan LC, Weirauch MT, Hou G, Shen N. Nat Commun. 2022 Apr 6;13(1):1855. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29514-y. PubMed
Comprehensive Target Screening and Cellular Profiling of the Cancer-Active Compound b-AP15 Indicate Abrogation of Protein Homeostasis and Organelle Dysfunction as the Primary Mechanism of Action. Gubat J, Selvaraju K, Sjostrand L, Kumar Singh D, Turkina MV, Schmierer B, Sabatier P, Zubarev RA, Linder S, D'Arcy P. Front Oncol. 2022 Apr 22;12:852980. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.852980. eCollection 2022. PubMed
The risk variant rs11836367 contributes to breast cancer onset and metastasis by attenuating Wnt signaling via regulating NTN4 expression. Yang H, Ting X, Geng YH, Xie Y, Nierenberg JL, Huo YF, Zhou YT, Huang Y, Yu YQ, Yu XY, Li XF, Ziv E, Zhang H, Fang WG, Shen Y, Tian XX. Sci Adv. 2022 Jun 10;8(23):eabn3509. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn3509. Epub 2022 Jun 10. PubMed
NUP62 localizes to ALS/FTLD pathological assemblies and contributes to TDP-43 insolubility. Gleixner AM, Verdone BM, Otte CG, Anderson EN, Ramesh N, Shapiro OR, Gale JR, Mauna JC, Mann JR, Copley KE, Daley EL, Ortega JA, Cicardi ME, Kiskinis E, Kofler J, Pandey UB, Trotti D, Donnelly CJ. Nat Commun. 2022 Jun 13;13(1):3380. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31098-6. PubMed
Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 transcriptional activation screen identifies a histone acetyltransferase inhibitor complex as a regulator of HIV-1 integration. Zhang Q, Wang S, Li W, Yau E, Hui H, Singh PK, Achuthan V, Young Karris MA, Engelman AN, Rana TM. Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 Jun 17. pii: 6609817. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac464. PubMed
ARID1A loss derepresses a group of human endogenous retrovirus-H loci to modulate BRD4-dependent transcription. Yu C, Lei X, Chen F, Mao S, Lv L, Liu H, Hu X, Wang R, Shen L, Zhang N, Meng Y, Shen Y, Chen J, Li P, Huang S, Lin C, Zhang Z, Yuan K. Nat Commun. 2022 Jun 17;13(1):3501. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31197-4. PubMed
Identification of a distal enhancer that determines the expression pattern of acute phase marker C-reactive protein. Wang MY, Zhang CM, Zhou HH, Ge ZB, Su CC, Lou ZH, Zhang XY, Xu TT, Li SY, Zhu L, Zhou YL, Wu Y, Ji SR. J Biol Chem. 2022 Aug;298(8):102160. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102160. Epub 2022 Jun 17. PubMed
Comparative analysis of dCas9-VP64 variants and multiplexed guide RNAs mediating CRISPR activation. Omachi K, Miner JH. PLoS One. 2022 Jun 28;17(6):e0270008. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270008. eCollection 2022. PubMed

Associated Plasmids

3D Chromatin Organization Involving MEIS1 Factor in the cis-Regulatory Landscape of GJB2. Le Nabec A, Blotas C, Briset A, Collobert M, Ferec C, Moisan S. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jun 23;23(13). pii: ijms23136964. doi: 10.3390/ijms23136964. PubMed
A Nodal enhanced micropeptide NEMEP regulates glucose uptake during mesendoderm differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Fu H, Wang T, Kong X, Yan K, Yang Y, Cao J, Yuan Y, Wang N, Kee K, Lu ZJ, Xi Q. Nat Commun. 2022 Jul 9;13(1):3984. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31762-x. PubMed
Systematic comparison of CRISPR-based transcriptional activators uncovers gene-regulatory features of enhancer-promoter interactions. Wang K, Escobar M, Li J, Mahata B, Goell J, Shah S, Cluck M, Hilton IB. Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 Aug 12;50(14):7842-7855. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac582. PubMed
CRISPR interference interrogation of COPD GWAS genes reveals the functional significance of desmoplakin in iPSC-derived alveolar epithelial cells. Werder RB, Liu T, Abo KM, Lindstrom-Vautrin J, Villacorta-Martin C, Huang J, Hinds A, Boyer N, Bullitt E, Liesa M, Silverman EK, Kotton DN, Cho MH, Zhou X, Wilson AA. Sci Adv. 2022 Jul 15;8(28):eabo6566. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abo6566. Epub 2022 Jul 13. PubMed

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Genome-wide bidirectional CRISPR screens identify mucins as host factors modulating SARS-CoV-2 infection. Biering SB, Sarnik SA, Wang E, Zengel JR, Leist SR, Schafer A, Sathyan V, Hawkins P, Okuda K, Tau C, Jangid AR, Duffy CV, Wei J, Gilmore RC, Alfajaro MM, Strine MS, Nguyenla X, Van Dis E, Catamura C, Yamashiro LH, Belk JA, Begeman A, Stark JC, Shon DJ, Fox DM, Ezzatpour S, Huang E, Olegario N, Rustagi A, Volmer AS, Livraghi-Butrico A, Wehri E, Behringer RR, Cheon DJ, Schaletzky J, Aguilar HC, Puschnik AS, Button B, Pinsky BA, Blish CA, Baric RS, O'Neal WK, Bertozzi CR, Wilen CB, Boucher RC, Carette JE, Stanley SA, Harris E, Konermann S, Hsu PD. Nat Genet. 2022 Aug;54(8):1078-1089. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01131-x. Epub 2022 Jul 25. PubMed
Bidirectional genome-wide CRISPR screens reveal host factors regulating SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV and seasonal HCoVs. Rebendenne A, Roy P, Bonaventure B, Chaves Valadao AL, Desmarets L, Arnaud-Arnould M, Rouille Y, Tauziet M, Giovannini D, Touhami J, Lee Y, DeWeirdt P, Hegde M, Urbach S, Koulali KE, de Gracia FG, McKellar J, Dubuisson J, Wencker M, Belouzard S, Moncorge O, Doench JG, Goujon C. Nat Genet. 2022 Aug;54(8):1090-1102. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01110-2. Epub 2022 Jul 25. PubMed
Efficient Identification of the MYC Regulator with the Use of the CRISPR Library and Context-Matched Database Screenings. Tanaka Y, Kambayashi H, Yamamoto A, Onishi I, Sugita K, Matsumura M, Ishibashi S, Ikeda M, Yamamoto K, Kitagawa M, Kurata M. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jul 13;23(14):7723. doi: 10.3390/ijms23147723. PubMed
Constitutive heterochromatin propagation contributes to the X chromosome inactivation. Shevchenko AI, Rifel NA, Zakian SM, Zakharova IS. Chromosome Res. 2022 Dec;30(4):289-307. doi: 10.1007/s10577-022-09706-4. Epub 2022 Aug 3. PubMed
Regulation of neuroendocrine plasticity by the RNA-binding protein ZFP36L1. Chen HY, Durmaz YT, Li Y, Sabet AH, Vajdi A, Denize T, Walton E, Laimon YN, Doench JG, Mahadevan NR, Losman JA, Barbie DA, Tolstorukov MY, Rudin CM, Sen T, Signoretti S, Oser MG. Nat Commun. 2022 Aug 25;13(1):4998. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31998-7. PubMed
New regulators of the tetracycline-inducible gene expression system identified by chemical and genetic screens. Colicchia V, Haggblad M, Sirozh O, Porebski B, Balan M, Li X, Lidemalm L, Carreras-Puigvert J, Huhn D, Fernandez-Capetillo O. FEBS Open Bio. 2022 Oct;12(10):1896-1908. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13482. Epub 2022 Sep 11. PubMed
A translational genomics approach identifies IL10RB as the top candidate gene target for COVID-19 susceptibility. Voloudakis G, Vicari JM, Venkatesh S, Hoffman GE, Dobrindt K, Zhang W, Beckmann ND, Higgins CA, Argyriou S, Jiang S, Hoagland D, Gao L, Corvelo A, Cho K, Lee KM, Bian J, Lee JS, Iyengar SK, Luoh SW, Akbarian S, Striker R, Assimes TL, Schadt EE, Lynch JA, Merad M, tenOever BR, Charney AW, Brennand KJ, Fullard JF, Roussos P. NPJ Genom Med. 2022 Sep 5;7(1):52. doi: 10.1038/s41525-022-00324-x. PubMed
Eprenetapopt triggers ferroptosis, inhibits NFS1 cysteine desulfurase, and synergizes with serine and glycine dietary restriction. Fujihara KM, Zhang BZ, Jackson TD, Ogunkola MO, Nijagal B, Milne JV, Sallman DA, Ang CS, Nikolic I, Kearney CJ, Hogg SJ, Cabalag CS, Sutton VR, Watt S, Fujihara AT, Trapani JA, Simpson KJ, Stojanovski D, Leimkuhler S, Haupt S, Phillips WA, Clemons NJ. Sci Adv. 2022 Sep 16;8(37):eabm9427. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abm9427. Epub 2022 Sep 14. PubMed
Gain-of-function genetic screens in human cells identify SLC transporters overcoming environmental nutrient restrictions. Rebsamen M, Girardi E, Sedlyarov V, Scorzoni S, Papakostas K, Vollert M, Konecka J, Guertl B, Klavins K, Wiedmer T, Superti-Furga G. Life Sci Alliance. 2022 Sep 16;5(11):e202201404. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202201404. Print 2022 Nov. PubMed

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Complementary CRISPR genome-wide genetic screens in PARP10-knockout and overexpressing cells identify synthetic interactions for PARP10-mediated cellular survival. Khatib JB, Schleicher EM, Jackson LM, Dhoonmoon A, Moldovan GL, Nicolae CM. Oncotarget. 2022 Sep 28;13:1078-1091. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.28277. eCollection 2022. PubMed
The HASTER lncRNA promoter is a cis-acting transcriptional stabilizer of HNF1A. Beucher A, Miguel-Escalada I, Balboa D, De Vas MG, Maestro MA, Garcia-Hurtado J, Bernal A, Gonzalez-Franco R, Vargiu P, Heyn H, Ravassard P, Ortega S, Ferrer J. Nat Cell Biol. 2022 Oct 6. pii: 10.1038/s41556-022-00996-8. doi: 10.1038/s41556-022-00996-8. PubMed

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Thermal-exchange HLA-E multimers reveal specificity in HLA-E and NKG2A/CD94 complex interactions. Ruibal P, Derksen I, van Wolfswinkel M, Voogd L, Franken KLMC, El Hebieshy AF, van Hall T, Schoufour TAW, Wijdeven RH, Ottenhoff THM, Scheeren FA, Joosten SA. Immunology. 2023 Mar;168(3):526-537. doi: 10.1111/imm.13591. Epub 2022 Oct 20. PubMed
LRRC15 inhibits SARS-CoV-2 cellular entry in trans. Song J, Chow RD, Pena-Hernandez MA, Zhang L, Loeb SA, So EY, Liang OD, Ren P, Chen S, Wilen CB, Lee S. PLoS Biol. 2022 Oct 13;20(10):e3001805. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001805. eCollection 2022 Oct. PubMed
ZBTB7A promotes virus-host homeostasis during human coronavirus 229E infection. Zhu X, Trimarco JD, Williams CA, Barrera A, Reddy TE, Heaton NS. Cell Rep. 2022 Oct 25;41(4):111540. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111540. Epub 2022 Oct 5. PubMed
Integrative Functional Genomics Identifies Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Causal Genetic Variant in the IRF5 Risk Locus. Hou G, Zhou T, Xu N, Yin Z, Zhu X, Zhang Y, Cui Y, Ma J, Tang Y, Cheng Z, Shen Y, Chen Y, Zou LH, Wang YF, Yin Z, Guo Y, Ding H, Ye Z, Shen N. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Apr;75(4):574-585. doi: 10.1002/art.42390. Epub 2023 Feb 8. PubMed
KCNQ1OT1 promotes genome-wide transposon repression by guiding RNA-DNA triplexes and HP1 binding. Zhang X, Jiang Q, Li J, Zhang S, Cao Y, Xia X, Cai D, Tan J, Chen J, Han JJ. Nat Cell Biol. 2022 Nov;24(11):1617-1629. doi: 10.1038/s41556-022-01008-5. Epub 2022 Oct 20. PubMed
Identification of the Factor That Leads Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Lines into Decellularized Bone. Koyanagi A, Onishi I, Muraoka K, Sato I, Sato S, Kimura T, Kishida A, Yamamoto K, Kitagawa M, Kurata M. Bioengineering (Basel). 2022 Sep 21;9(10):490. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering9100490. PubMed
The AhR-SRC axis as a therapeutic vulnerability in BRAFi-resistant melanoma. Paris A, Tardif N, Baietti FM, Berra C, Leclair HM, Leucci E, Galibert MD, Corre S. EMBO Mol Med. 2022 Dec 7;14(12):e15677. doi: 10.15252/emmm.202215677. Epub 2022 Oct 28. PubMed
Cellular glycan modification by B3GAT1 broadly restricts influenza virus infection. Trimarco JD, Nelson SL, Chaparian RR, Wells AI, Murray NB, Azadi P, Coyne CB, Heaton NS. Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 29;13(1):6456. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34111-0. PubMed
Acute depletion of human core nucleoporin reveals direct roles in transcription control but dispensability for 3D genome organization. Zhu X, Qi C, Wang R, Lee JH, Shao J, Bei L, Xiong F, Nguyen PT, Li G, Krakowiak J, Koh SP, Simon LM, Han L, Moore TI, Li W. Cell Rep. 2022 Nov 1;41(5):111576. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111576. PubMed
Genome-wide gain-of-function screening characterized lncRNA regulators for tumor immune response. Wang Y, Zhao Y, Guo W, Yadav GS, Bhaskarla C, Wang Z, Wang X, Li S, Wang Y, Chen Y, Pattarayan D, Xie W, Li S, Lu B, Kammula US, Zhang M, Yang D. Sci Adv. 2022 Dec 9;8(49):eadd0005. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add0005. Epub 2022 Dec 7. PubMed
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