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ReviewFrontiers in genome editing2021

Progress in Gene Editing Tools and Their Potential for Correcting Mutations Underlying Hearing and Vision Loss.

Catherine Botto, Deniz Dalkara, Aziz El-Amraoui

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Review in Frontiers in genome editing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Advancing precision ear medicine: leveraging animal models for disease insights and therapeutic innovations.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2025
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  4. ZebrafishInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Dual AAV-based PCDH15 gene therapy achieves sustained rescue of visual function in a mouse model of Usher syndrome 1F.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2023
    Article
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  12. The Genomics of Auditory Function and Disease.Annual review of genomics and human genetics · 2022
    Review
  13. Gene Therapy for Rhodopsin Mutations.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2022
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine BottoSorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France.
Deniz DalkaraSorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France.
Aziz El-AmraouiUnit Progressive Sensory Disorders, Pathophysiology and Therapy, Institut Pasteur, Institut de l'Audition, Université de Paris, INSERM-UMRS1120, Paris, France.
Centre de Référence Déficits Immunitaires Héréditaires · FRInserm · FRSorbonne Université · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blindness and deafness are the most frequent sensory disorders in humans. Whatever their cause - genetic, environmental, or due to toxic agents, or aging - the deterioration of these senses is often linked to irreversible damage to the light-sensing photoreceptor cells (blindness) and/or the mechanosensitive hair cells (deafness). Efforts are increasingly focused on preventing disease progression by correcting or replacing the blindness and deafness-causal pathogenic alleles. In recent years, gene replacement therapies for rare monogenic disorders of the retina have given positive results, leading to the marketing of the first gene therapy product for a form of childhood hereditary blindness. Promising results, with a partial restoration of auditory function, have also been reported in preclinical models of human deafness. Silencing approaches, including antisense oligonucleotides, adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated microRNA delivery, and genome-editing approaches have also been applied to various genetic forms of blindness and deafness The discovery of new DNA- and RNA-based CRISPR/Cas nucleases, and the new generations of base, prime, and RNA editors offers new possibilities for directly repairing point mutations and therapeutically restoring gene function. Thanks to easy access and immune-privilege status of self-contained compartments, the eye and the ear continue to be at the forefront of developing therapies for genetic diseases. Here, we review the ongoing applications and achievements of this new class of emerging therapeutics in the sensory organs of vision and hearing, highlighting the challenges ahead and the solutions to be overcome for their successful therapeutic application

Indexed as

blindnessCRISPR/Cas9deafness (hearing loss)gene editinggene therapyhair cellsinherited retinal degeneration (IRD)retina

Identifiers

PMID34778871
PMCPMC8581640
OpenAlexW3211203109

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