Gene Editing and Human IPSCs in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases
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The incidence and the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and the metabolic syndrome are greatly increasing in our societies. Together, they account for 31% of all deaths worldwide. This chapter focuses on the role of two revolutionary discoveries that are changing the future of medicine, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and CRISPR/Cas9 technology, in the study, and the cure of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.We summarize the state-of-the-art knowledge about the possibility of editing iPSC genome for therapeutic applications without hampering their pluripotency and differentiation, using CRISPR/Cas technology, in the field of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
Pavlova S, Shulgina A, Minina J, Zakian S, Dementyeva E Int J Mol Sci. 2024; 25(23).
PMID: 39684611 PMC: 11641397. DOI: 10.3390/ijms252312900.