Identification of novel regulators of LINE-1 expression via CRISPR/Cas9 screening.

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Background

Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements-1 (LINE-1, L1) are transposable elements that make up roughly 17% of the human genome. These elements can copy and insert themselves into new genomic locations (Kazazian and Moran, N Engl J Med 377:361-370, 2017). Typically, LINE-1 is repressed in healthy tissues but may become activated in various human diseases. LINE-1 expression has been associated with aging (Simon, et al., Cell Metab 29:871-885.e5, 2019; De Cecco et al. Nature 566:73-78, 2019; Della Valle et al. Nat Rev Genet 26:1-12, 2025), neurodegenerative disorders (Roy et al., Acta Neuropathol 148:75, 2024;Frost and Dubnau, Annu Rev Neurosci 47:123-143, 2024; Ravel-Godreuil et al. FEBS Lett 595:2733-2755, 2021), cancer (Rodriguez-Martin et al., Nat Genet 52:306-319, 2020; Tayl

SUBMITTER: Oksuz O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12829012 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature