Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Cytosine base editors induce off-target mutations and adverse phenotypic effects in transgenic mice

  • Nana Yan,
  • Hu Feng,
  • Yongsen Sun,
  • Ying Xin,
  • Haihang Zhang,
  • Hongjiang Lu,
  • Jitan Zheng,
  • Chenfei He,
  • Zhenrui Zuo,
  • Tanglong Yuan,
  • Nana Li,
  • Long Xie,
  • Wu Wei,
  • Yidi Sun,
  • Erwei Zuo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37508-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The potential off-target effects of long-term expression of base editors in vivo are unclear. Here the authors report SAFETI, Systematic evaluation Approach For gene Editing tools by Transgenic mIce, to examine off-target effects of base editors over time in mice, and see abnormal side effects.