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ArticleiScience2024

Allele-specific DNA demethylation editing leads to stable upregulation of allele-specific gene expression.

Nivethika Rajaram, Katharina Benzler, Pavel Bashtrykov, Albert Jeltsch

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Article in iScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Epigenetic editing: from concept to clinic.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
    Review
  4. Epigenetic networks coordinate DNA methylation across the genome.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
    Review
  5. DurableMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025
    Article
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Nivethika RajaramInstitute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Katharina BenzlerInstitute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Pavel BashtrykovInstitute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Albert JeltschInstitute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenome editing is an emerging technology that allows to rewrite epigenome states and reprogram gene expression. Here, we have developed allele-specific DNA demethylation editing at gene promoters containing an SNP by sgRNA/dCas9 mediated recuitment of TET1. Maximal DNA demethylation (up to 90%) was observed 6 days after transient transfection of the epigenome editors and it was almost stable for 15 days. After allele-specific targeting, DNA demethylation was up to 15-fold more efficient at the targeted allele. Our data show that locus-specific and allele-specific DNA demethylation can trigger the expression of previously silenced genes. Allele-specific DNA demethylation shifted allelic expression ratios about 4-fold. Allele-specific DNA demethylation could be used to correct aberrant imprinting in patients suffering from imprinting disorders and to study the roles of individual alleles of a gene in a given cellular context.

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PMID39429790
PMCPMC11490731

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