Reprogramming metabolic pathways in vivo with CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to treat hereditary tyrosinaemia
oleh: Francis P. Pankowicz, Mercedes Barzi, Xavier Legras, Leroy Hubert, Tian Mi, Julie A. Tomolonis, Milan Ravishankar, Qin Sun, Diane Yang, Malgorzata Borowiak, Pavel Sumazin, Sarah H. Elsea, Beatrice Bissig-Choisat, Karl-Dimiter Bissig
| Format: | Article |
|---|---|
| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-08-01 |
Deskripsi
Hereditary tyrosinaemia type I is caused by a gene defect that leads to a lethal accumulation of toxic metabolites in the liver. Here the authors use CRISPR/Cas9 to 'cure' the disease in mice by inactivating another gene, rather than targeting the disease-causing gene itself, to reroute hepatic tyrosine catabolism.