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We are leaders in CRISPR/Cas9 gene targeting. Our fees are low, and our success rates are high. New transgenic and targeted mice that we have created are featured in over 300 publications. We are supported by the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative, the Research Institute for Children's Health and by grants from the NIH, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and JobsOhio. We are a component of the FIND Pipeline, which translates gene-directed approaches into therapies for inherited disease.
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Weihong JiangStaffWRB 2514368-2528
David LePageStaffWRB 2514368-2528
Andrea TrumbauerStaffWRB 2514368-2528
Rachel MannManagerWRB 2514368-2528
Ron ConlonDirectorBRB 826 368-1826


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Transgenic and Targeted Mice Made by the Core

2024
  1. Sun Y, Chatterjee S, Lian X, Traylor Z, Sattiraju SR, Xiao Y, Dilliard SA, Sung Y-C, Kim M, Lee SM, Moore S, Wang X, Zhang D, Wu S, Basak P, Wang J, Liu J, Mann RJ, LePage DF, Jiang W, Abid S, Hennig M, Martinez A, Wustman BA, Lockhart DJ, Jain R, Conlon RA, Drumm, ML, Hodges CA, Siegwart DJ. In vivo editing of lung stem cells for durable gene correction in mice. (2024) Science 384,1196-1202

  2. Michicich M, Traylor Z, McCoy C, Valerio DM, Wilson A, Schneider M, Davis S, Barabas A, Mann RJ, LePage DF, Jiang W, Drumm ML, Kelley TJ, Conlon RA, Hodges CA. A W1282X cystic fibrosis mouse allows the study of pharmacological and gene-editing therapeutics to restore CFTR function. J Cyst Fibros. 2024 Nov 11:S1569-1993(24)01797-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2024.10.008. PMID: 39532588.

  3. Angelozzi M, Karvande A, Lefebvre V. SOXC are critical regulators of adult bone mass. Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 5;15(1):2956. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47413-2. PMID: 38580651; PMCID: PMC10997656.

  4. Molin AN, Contentin R, Angelozzi M, Karvande A, Kc R, Haseeb A, Voskamp C, de Charleroy C, Lefebvre V. Skeletal growth is enhanced by a shared role for SOX8 and SOX9 in promoting reserve chondrocyte commitment to columnar proliferation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Feb 20;121(8):e2316969121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2316969121. Epub 2024 Feb 12. PMID: 38346197; PMCID: PMC10895259.

  5. Teng L, Dedousis N, Adeshirlarijaney A, Kanshana JS, Liu M, Hodges CA, Kohan AB. Impaired intestinal free fatty acid transport followed by chylomicron malformation, not pancreatic insufficiency, cause metabolic defects in cystic fibrosis. J Lipid Res. 2024 Jul 12;65(7):100551. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100551. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39002195.

  6. Takita S, Jahan S, S Imanishi S, Harikrishnan H, LePage D, Mann RJ, Conlon RA, Miyagi M, Imanishi Y. Rhodopsin mislocalization drives ciliary dysregulation in a novel autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa knock-in mouse model. FASEB J. 2024 Apr 30;38(8):e23606. doi: 10.1096/fj.202302260RR. PMID: 38648465.

  7. Han X, Knauss EA, Fuente M, Li W, Conlon RA, LePage DF, Jiang W, Renna SA, McKenzie SE, Nieman MT. A Mouse Model of the Protease Activated Receptor 4 (PAR4) Pro310Leu Variant has Reduced Platelet Reactivity. J Thromb Haemost. 2024 Mar 18:S1538-7836(24)00161-2. PMID: 38508397.

  8. Vasudevan S, Senapati S, Pendergast M, Park PS. Aggregation of rhodopsin mutants in mouse models of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 16;15(1):1451. PMID: 38365903; PMCID: PMC10873427.

  9. Jörg LM, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Lefebvre V, Sock E, Wegner M. Transcription Factors Sox8 and Sox10 Contribute with Different Importance to the Maintenance of Mature Oligodendrocytes. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Aug 11;25(16):8754. doi: 10.3390/ijms25168754. PMID: 39201442; PMCID: PMC11354551.

  10. Baldan J, Camacho-Roda J, Ballester M, Høj K, Kurilla A, Maurer HC, Arcila-Barrera S, Lin X, Pan Z, Castro JL, Mayorca-Guiliani AE, Rift CV, Hasselby J, Bouwens L, Lefebvre V, David CJ, Parnas O, DelGiorno KE, Erler JT, Rooman I, Arnes L. Resolution of Acinar Dedifferentiation Regulates Tissue Remodeling in Pancreatic Injury and Cancer Initiation. Gastroenterology. 2024 Sep;167(4):718-732.e18. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.04.031. Epub 2024 May 9. PMID: 38729450.

2023
  1. Wei T, Sun Y, Cheng Q, Chatterjee S, Traylor Z, Johnson LT, Coquelin ML, Wang J, Torres MJ, Lian X, Wang X, Xiao Y, Hodges CA, Siegwart DJ. Lung SORT LNPs enable precise homology-directed repair mediated CRISPR/Cas genome correction in cystic fibrosis models. Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 11;14(1):7322. PMID: 37951948

  2. Esposito A, Klüppel M, Wilson BM, Meka SRK, Spagnoli A. CXCR4 mediates the effects of IGF-1R signaling in rodent bone homeostasis and fracture repair. Bone. 2023 166:116600 PMID: 36368465.

  3. Yang D, Wan X, Schwieterman N, Cavus O, Kacira E, Xu X, Laurita KR, Wold LE, Hund TJ, Mohler PJ, Deschênes I, Fu JD. MicroRNA-1 Deficiency Is a Primary Etiological Factor Disrupting Cardiac Contractility and Electrophysiological Homeostasis. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2023 PMID: 38126205.

2022
  1. Li Y, Liu Z, Zhao Y, Yang J, Xiao TS, Conlon RA, Wang Z. PD-L1 expression is regulated by ATP-binding of the ERBB3 pseudokinase domain. Genes Dis. 2022 Dec 8;10(4):1702-1713. PMID: 37397533

  2. Kitt MM, Tabuchi N, Spencer WC, Robinson HL, Zhang XL, Eastman BA, Lobur KJ, Silver J, Mei L, Deneris ES. An adult-stage transcriptional program for survival of serotonergic connectivity. Cell Rep. 2022 Apr 19;39(3):110711 PMID: 35443166

  3. Zhang XL, Spencer WC, Tabuchi N, Kitt MM, Deneris ES. Reorganization of postmitotic neuronal chromatin accessibility for maturation of serotonergic identity. Elife. 2022 Apr 26;11:e75970. PMID: 35471146

  4. Massey W, Osborn LJ, Banerjee R, Horak A, Fung KK, Orabi D, Chan ER, Sangwan N, Wang Z, Brown JM. Flavin-Containing Monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) Is Critical for Dioxin-Induced Reorganization of the Gut Microbiome and Host Insulin Sensitivity. Metabolites. 2022 18;12(4):364. PMID: 35448550

  5. Opoku E, Berisha S, Brubaker G, Robinet P, Smith JD. Oxidant resistant human apolipoprotein A-I functions similarly to the unmodified human isoform in delaying atherosclerosis progression and promoting atherosclerosis regression in hyperlipidemic mice. PLoS One. 2022 Feb 4;17(2):e0259751. PMID: 35120132

  6. LaForce GR, Farr JS, Liu J, Akesson C, Gumus E, Pinkard O, Miranda HC, Johnson K, Sweet TJ, Ji P, Lin A, Coller J, Philippidou P, Wagner EJ, Schaffer AE. Suppression of premature transcription termination leads to reduced mRNA isoform diversity and neurodegeneration. Neuron. 2022 PMID: 35139363

  7. Bohne P, Volkmann A, Schwarz MK, Mark MD. Deletion of the P/Q-type calcium channel from serotonergic neurons drives male aggression in mice. J Neurosci. 2022 Jul 18;42(34):6637–53. PMID: 35853721

  8. Li L, Medina-Menéndez C, García-Corzo L, Córdoba-Beldad CM, Quiroga AC, Calleja Barca E, Zinchuk V, Muñoz-López S, Rodríguez-Martín P, Ciorraga M, Colmena I, Fernández S, Vicario C, Nicolis SK, Lefebvre V, Mira H, Morales AV. SoxD genes are required for adult neural stem cell activation. Cell Rep. 2022 Feb 1;38(5):110313. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110313. PMID: 35108528.

  9. Mino N, Muro R, Ota A, Nitta S, Lefebvre V, Nitta T, Fujio K, Takayanagi H. The transcription factor Sox4 is required for thymic tuft cell development. Int Immunol. 2022 Jan 1;34(1):45-52. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxab098. PMID: 34687536; PMCID: PMC11494500.

2021
  1. Gupta MK, Sahu A, Sun Y, Mohan ML, Kumar A, Zalavadia A, Wang X, Martelli EE, Stenson K, Witherow CP, Drazba J, Dasarathy S, Naga Prasad SV. Cardiac expression of microRNA-7 is associated with adverse cardiac remodeling. Sci Rep. 2021 11(1):22018. PMID: 34759299

  2. Wei W, Liu Z, Zhang C, Khoriaty R, Zhu M, Zhang B. A common human missense mutation of vesicle coat protein SEC23B leads to growth restriction and chronic pancreatitis in mice. J Biol Chem. 2021 Dec 23:101536. PMID: 34954140

  3. Vasu K, Ramachandiran I, Terenzi F, Khan D, China A, Khan K, Chechi A, Baleanu-Gogonea C, Gogonea V, Fox PL. The zinc-binding domain of mammalian prolyl-tRNA synthetase is indispensable for catalytic activity and organism viability. iScience. 2021 Feb 20;24(3):102215. PMID: 33748704

  4. Haseeb A, Kc R, Angelozzi M, de Charleroy C, Rux D, Tower RJ, Yao L, Pellegrino da Silva R, Pacifici M, Qin L, Lefebvre V. SOX9 keeps growth plates and articular cartilage healthy by inhibiting chondrocyte dedifferentiation/osteoblastic redifferentiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 118(8) PMID: 33597301

  5. Charrier A, Xu X, Guan BJ, Ngo J, Wynshaw-Boris A, Hatzoglou M, Buchner DA. Adipocyte-specific deletion of zinc finger protein 407 results in lipodystrophy and insulin resistance in mice. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2021 PMID: 33285243

  6. Wu J, Venkata Subbaiah KC, Jiang F, Hedaya O, Mohan A, Yang T, Welle K, Ghaemmaghami S, Tang WHW, Small E, Yan C, Yao P. MicroRNA-574 regulates FAM210A expression and influences pathological cardiac remodeling. EMBO Mol Med. 2021 13(2):e12710. PMID: 33369227

  7. Xing G, Jing H, Yu Z, Chen P, Wang H, Xiong WC, Mei L. Membraneless condensates by Rapsn phase separation as a platform for neuromuscular junction formation. Neuron. 2021 PMID: 34033754

  8. Han Y, Xia G, Srisai D, Meng F, He Y, Ran Y, He Y, Farias M, Hoang G, Tóth I, Dietrich MO, Chen MH, Xu Y, Wu Q. Deciphering an AgRP-serotoninergic neural circuit in distinct control of energy metabolism from feeding. Nat Commun. 2021 Jun 10;12(1):3525. PMID: 34112797

  9. Nunomura S, Nanri Y, Lefebvre V, Izuhara K. Epithelial SOX11 regulates eyelid closure during embryonic eye development. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021 Apr 16;549:27-33. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.02.075. Epub 2021 Mar 1. PMID: 33662665; PMCID: PMC8005361.

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