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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Contemporary Endothelial Genome Editing Technologies: Towards Precision Genetic Medicine for Vascular Diseases.

You-Yang Zhao, Colin E Evans

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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You-Yang ZhaoProgram for Lung and Vascular Biology, Section for Injury Repair and Regeneration Research, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0041-0339
Colin E EvansProgram for Lung and Vascular Biology, Section for Injury Repair and Regeneration Research, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

Funding

Novel intrinsic endothelial stem cells responsible for lung endothelial regeneration and vascular repair in ARDSR01HL172447 · NHLBI · LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO · PI YOU-YANG ZHAO · 2024 to 2026
$2.3M
American Heart Association 23SCEFIA1155876American Heart Association 24TPA1285575NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL172447NIH HHS 1R01HL133951-21NIH HHS 2R01HL164014-22NIH HHS 3R01HL162299-22NIH HHS 4R01HL172447-23NIH HHS 5P20GM103499-23
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Abstract

Endothelial dysfunction is a key characteristic of many diseases, including atherosclerosis, hypertension, heart failure, stroke, cancer, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), peripheral vascular disease, coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). To improve understanding of the roles of endothelial cells (ECs) in health and disease, EC-specific genome editing technologies have been developed in recent years. Therapeutic strategies that aim to restore a healthy endothelial monolayer include the inhibition of endothelial genes that cause EC injury and dysfunction and the induction or activation of endothelial genes that drive EC repair and regeneration. In this review, we describe established recombinase-mediated genetic modification technologies and emerging EC-specific genome editing technologies including viral and non-viral delivery of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system, and we summarize the strengths and limitations of each technology. We then discuss possible avenues for future research, including the development of organ-specific EC genome editing technologies. In short, EC-specific genome editing technologies can be used to modulate gene expression selectively in ECs and even within a specific vascular bed and/or distinctive EC subtype, and, in doing so, greatly improve the understanding of vascular biology and help develop precision genetic medicine targeting the disease-causing vascular bed(s) to effectively treat diseases caused by vascular endothelial dysfunction.

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Endothelial CellsGene EditingGenetic TherapyPrecision MedicineVascular DiseasesAnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsEndothelium, VascularHumanscardiovascular biologyCRISPRendothelial cell-specific gene knockoutendothelium-targeted nanoparticlegenome editingvascular diseases

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PMID42278622
PMCPMC13257594

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