Dual α-globin-truncated erythropoietin receptor knockin restores hemoglobin production in α-thalassemia-derived erythroid cells by Simon N. Chu, Eric Soupene, Devesh Sharma, Roshani Sinha, Travis McCreary, Britney Hernandez, Huifeng Shen, Beeke Wienert, Chance Bowman, Han Yin, Benjamin J. Lesch, Kun Jia, Kathleen A. Romero, Zachary Kostamo, Yankai Zhang, Tammy Tran, Marco Cordero, Shota Homma, Jessica P. Hampton, James M. Gardner, Bruce R. Conklin, Tippi C. MacKenzie, Vivien A. Sheehan, Matthew H. Porteus, M. Kyle Cromer

“…Incorporation of a truncated erythropoietin receptor transgene into the α-globin integration cassette significantly increased erythropoietic output from edited HSPCs and led to the most robust production of α-globin, and consequently hemoglobin tetramers. …”
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Small molecule APOL1 inhibitors as a precision medicine approach for APOL1-mediated kidney disease by Brandon Zimmerman, Leslie A. Dakin, Anne Fortier, Evanthia Nanou, Angelo Blasio, James Mann, Howard Miller, Marissa Fletcher, Tiansheng Wang, Suganthini Nanthakumar, Gizelle McCarthy, Caline Matar, Prachi Matsye, Guanyu Wang, Phillip Snyder, Kevin Daniel, Harsha Swamy, Kelly Sullivan, Franklin Bright, Audrey Powers, Kevin J. Gagnon, Fan Lu, Steven Paula, Suvarna Khare-Pandit, Larry Henry, Martine Hamel, Francois Denis, Olivier Nicolas, Niresh Hariparsad, Shyamesh Kumar, Jennifer Proctor, Timothy Senter, Brinley Furey, Mark E. Bunnage

“…We provide evidence that APOL1 channel activity drives podocyte injury and that inhibition of this activity stops APOL1-mediated cell death and kidney damage in a transgenic mouse model. These preclinical data, combined with clinical data from our previously published phase 2 proof-of-concept study, support the potential of APOL1 channel inhibition for the treatment of AMKD.…”
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Differentiation of Endogenous Bone Marrow-Derived Cells into Insulin-Producing Cells Using Four Soluble Factors by Seung-Ah Lee, Subin Kim, Seog-Young Kim, Jong Yoen Park, Hye Seung Jung, Sung Soo Chung, Kyong Soo Park

“…Chimeric mice harboring BMNCs from insulin promoter luciferase/green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgenic mice were used to track endogenous BMNC fate. …”
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Preclinical model for evaluating human TCRs against chimeric syngeneic tumors by Olivier Michielin, Philippe Guillaume, Melita Irving, Patrick Reichenbach, Vincent Zoete, Elise Gray-Gaillard, Evangelos Stefanidis, Aikaterini Semilietof, Julien Pujol, Alessia D'Esposito

“…ACT studies were performed in B16-A2Kb:NY tumor-bearing, non-preconditioned immune-competent HLA-A*0201/H-2Kb (A2Kb) transgenic C57BL/6 mice and tumors characterized post-transfer.Results We observed significantly improved function of DMβ-T cells as well as superior infiltration and tumor control upon ACT as compared to the control TCR-T cells. …”
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Genome editing in cultured fishes by Eric Hallerman

“…While early experiments utilized zinc-finger nucleases and transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), most recent ones have used the CRISPR/Cas9 editor, and achieved rates of targeted genomic insertion well above those of classical transgenic methods, with lower frequencies of off-site integration. …”
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Bioluminescence and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Macrophage Homing to Experimental Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms by Noriyuki Miyama, Monica M. Dua, Geoffrey M. Schultz, Hisanori Kosuge, Masahiro Terashima, Laura J. Pisani, Ronald L. Dalman, Michael V. McConnell

“…For BLI, macrophages were from transgenic mice expressing luciferase. For MRI, macrophages were labeled with iron oxide particles. …”
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Statins Promote Long-Term Recovery after Ischemic Stroke by Reconnecting Noradrenergic Neuronal Circuitry by Kyoung Joo Cho, So Young Cheon, Gyung Whan Kim

“…Using the wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) transgene technique combined with the recombinant adenoviral vector system, NA-specific neuronal pathways were labeled, and were identified in the locus coeruleus (LC), where NA neurons originate. …”
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Influence of Bioluminescence Imaging Dynamics by D-Luciferin Uptake and Efflux Mechanisms by Yimao Zhang, Mrudula Pullambhatla, John Laterra, Martin G. Pomper

“…Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) detects light generated by luciferase-mediated oxidation of substrate and is used widely for evaluating transgene expression in cell-based assays and in vivo in relevant preclinical models. …”
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Unique Aspects of Cryptochrome in Chronobiology and Metabolism, Pancreatic β-Cell Dysfunction, and Regeneration: Research into Cysteine414-Alanine Mutant CRY1 by Satoshi Okano

“…CRYs play indispensable roles in the generation of circadian rhythm in mammals. Transgenic mice (Tg mice), ubiquitously expressing mouse CRY1 having a mutation in which cysteine414 (the zinc-binding site of CRY1) being replaced with alanine, display unique phenotypes in their circadian rhythms. …”
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Hemoglobin: A Nitric-Oxide Dioxygenase by Paul R. Gardner

“…NOD inhibitors are being pursued for therapeutic applications as antibiotics and antitumor agents. Transgenic NOD-expressing plants, fish, algae, and microbes are being developed for agriculture, aquaculture, and industry.…”
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The use of Telenomus remus (Nixon, 1937) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in the management of Spodoptera spp.: potential, challenges and major benefits by Yelitza Coromoto Colmenarez, Dirk Babendreier, Francisco Ramón Ferrer Wurst, Carlos Luis Vásquez-Freytez, Adeney de Freitas Bueno

“…Currently, in maize, the pest is predominantly controlled by pesticides or transgenic events. However, the use of biological control agents is considered the most sustainable and preferred method of control, providing high effectiveness. …”
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Zebrafish Thrombocytes: Functions and Origins by Gauri Khandekar, Seongcheol Kim, Pudur Jagadeeswaran

“…Since we introduced the zebrafish model for the study of hemostasis and thrombosis, other groups have adapted this model to study genes that are associated with thrombocyte function and a few novel genes have also been identified. Furthermore, transgenic zebrafish with GFP-tagged thrombocytes have been developed which helped to study the production of thrombocytes and their precursors as well as their functional roles not only in hemostasis but also hematopoiesis. …”
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The GbbZIP41 transcription factor participates in terpene trilactones biosynthesis in Ginkgo biloba L. by Nuo Wang, Yi Tu, Sirui Zeng, Jiabao Ye, Weiwei Zhang, Feng Xu, Yongling Liao

“…Here, we screened the transcription factor GbbZIP41 that may be involved in the biosynthesis of TTLs and verified its function by transgenic technology. The results showed that GbbZIP41 is a protein located in the nucleus and encodes 477 amino acids, which is highly expressed in G. biloba leaves. …”
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Wogonin Attenuates Ovalbumin Antigen-Induced Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation by Inhibiting Th17 Differentiation by Rie Takagi, Masaaki Kawano, Kazuyuki Nakagome, Kumiko Hashimoto, Takehiro Higashi, Katsuya Ohbuchi, Atsushi Kaneko, Sho Matsushita

“…We therefore evaluated whether wogonin suppresses OVA-induced neutrophilic airway inflammation in OVA TCR-transgenic DO11.10 mice. Consequently, oral administration of wogonin significantly improved OVA-induced neutrophilic airway inflammation. …”
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Metabolic changes during evolution of Sjögren's in both an animal model and human patients by Alexander Jacob, Jing He, Ammon Peck, Ali Jamil, Vatinee Bunya, Jessy J. Alexander, Julian L. Ambrus

“…These studies examined metabolic profiles in the B6. Il14α transgene mouse model of SS and a cohort of human SS patients at different stages of disease. …”
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Dendrimer functionalized folate-targeted gold nanoparticles for luciferase gene silencing in vitro: A proof of principle study by Mbatha Londiwe Simphiwe, Maiyo Fiona Chepkoech, Singh Moganavelli

“…These results highlight the synergistic role played by Au and the dendrimer in enhancement of transgene silencing.…”
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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Cardiovascular Medicine by Toru Egashira, Shinsuke Yuasa, Keiichi Fukuda

“…Human iPS cells are currently generated by transgene introduction principally through viral vectors, which integrate into host genomes, although the associated risk of tumorigenesis is driving research into nonintegration methods. …”
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Multivalent S2 subunit vaccines provide broad protection against Clade 1 sarbecoviruses in female mice by Peter J. Halfmann, Raj S. Patel, Kathryn Loeffler, Atsuhiro Yasuhara, Lee-Ann Van De Velde, Jie E. Yang, Jordan Chervin, Chloe Troxell, Min Huang, Naiying Zheng, Elizabeth R. Wright, Paul G. Thomas, Patrick C. Wilson, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Ravi S. Kane

“…This vaccine alone, or as a cocktail with a SARS-CoV-2 S2 subunit vaccine, protects female transgenic K18-hACE2 mice from challenges with Omicron subvariant XBB as well as several sarbecoviruses identified as having pandemic potential including the bat sarbecovirus WIV1, BANAL-236, and a pangolin sarbecovirus. …”
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Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage, and c-Abl Signaling: At the Crossroad in Neurodegenerative Diseases? by Stefania Gonfloni, Emiliano Maiani, Claudia Di Bartolomeo, Marc Diederich, Gianni Cesareni

“…Recent reports show that aberrant c-Abl activation causes neuroinflammation and neuronal loss in the forebrain of transgenic adult mice. In line with these observations, an increased c-Abl activation is reported in human neurodegenerative pathologies, such as Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s diseases. …”
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β-Cell Specific Overexpression of GPR39 Protects against Streptozotocin-Induced Hyperglycemia by Kristoffer L. Egerod, Chunyu Jin, Pia Steen Petersen, Nils Wierup, Frank Sundler, Birgitte Holst, Thue W. Schwartz

“…Here, we use the Tet-On system under the control of the proinsulin promoter to selectively overexpress GPR39 in the β cells in a double transgenic mouse strain and challenge them with multiple low doses of streptozotocin, which in the wild-type littermates leads to a gradual increase in nonfasting glucose levels and glucose intolerance observed during both food intake and OGTT. …”
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