Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Base-editing-mediated dissection of a γ-globin cis-regulatory element for the therapeutic reactivation of fetal hemoglobin expression

  • Panagiotis Antoniou,
  • Giulia Hardouin,
  • Pierre Martinucci,
  • Giacomo Frati,
  • Tristan Felix,
  • Anne Chalumeau,
  • Letizia Fontana,
  • Jeanne Martin,
  • Cecile Masson,
  • Megane Brusson,
  • Giulia Maule,
  • Marion Rosello,
  • Carine Giovannangeli,
  • Vincent Abramowski,
  • Jean-Pierre de Villartay,
  • Jean-Paul Concordet,
  • Filippo Del Bene,
  • Wassim El Nemer,
  • Mario Amendola,
  • Marina Cavazzana,
  • Anna Cereseto,
  • Oriana Romano,
  • Annarita Miccio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34493-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 22

Abstract

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Antoniou and colleagues used base editing to generate a variety of mutations inducing γ-globin and rescue the β-hemoglobinopathy phenotype. This strategy was safe and effective in long-term repopulating hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells.