Frontiers in Immunology (Jan 2024)

High-throughput CRISPR technology: a novel horizon for solid organ transplantation

  • Xiaohan Li,
  • Xiaohan Li,
  • Zhang Chen,
  • Zhang Chen,
  • Weicong Ye,
  • Weicong Ye,
  • Jizhang Yu,
  • Jizhang Yu,
  • Xi Zhang,
  • Xi Zhang,
  • Yuan Li,
  • Yuan Li,
  • Yuqing Niu,
  • Yuqing Niu,
  • Shuan Ran,
  • Shuan Ran,
  • Song Wang,
  • Song Wang,
  • Zilong Luo,
  • Zilong Luo,
  • Jiulu Zhao,
  • Jiulu Zhao,
  • Yanglin Hao,
  • Yanglin Hao,
  • Junjie Zong,
  • Junjie Zong,
  • Chengkun Xia,
  • Jiahong Xia,
  • Jiahong Xia,
  • Jiahong Xia,
  • Jie Wu,
  • Jie Wu,
  • Jie Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1295523
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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Organ transplantation is the gold standard therapy for end-stage organ failure. However, the shortage of available grafts and long-term graft dysfunction remain the primary barriers to organ transplantation. Exploring approaches to solve these issues is urgent, and CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptome editing provides one potential solution. Furthermore, combining CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing with an ex vivo organ perfusion system would enable pre-implantation transcriptome editing of grafts. How to determine effective intervention targets becomes a new problem. Fortunately, the advent of high-throughput CRISPR screening has dramatically accelerated the effective targets. This review summarizes the current advancements, utilization, and workflow of CRISPR screening in various immune and non-immune cells. It also discusses the ongoing applications of CRISPR/Cas-based gene editing in transplantation and the prospective applications of CRISPR screening in solid organ transplantation.

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