{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["2(1)"],"submitter":["Aznauryan E"],"funding":["Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich","Harvard Medical School","Helmut Horten Stiftung"],"pubmed_abstract":["Existing approaches to therapeutic gene transfer are marred by the transient nature of gene expression following non-integrative gene delivery and by safety concerns due to the random mechanism of viral-mediated genomic insertions. The disadvantages of these methods encourage future research in identifying human genomic sites that allow for durable and safe expression of genes of interest. We conducted a bioinformatic search followed by the experimental characterization of human genomic sites, identifying two that demonstrated the stable expression of integrated reporter and therapeutic genes without malignant changes to the cellular transcriptome. The cell-type agnostic criteria used in our bioinformatic search suggest widescale applicability of identified sites for engineering of a diver"],"journal":["Cell reports methods"],"pagination":["100154"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9017210"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Discovery and validation of human genomic safe harbor sites for gene and cell therapies."],"pmcid":["PMC9017210"],"pubmed_authors":["Aznauryan E","Yermanos A","Kinzina E","Church GM","Reddy ST","Kapetanovic E","Milanova D","Devaux A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Discovery and validation of human genomic safe harbor sites for gene and cell therapies.","description":"Existing approaches to therapeutic gene transfer are marred by the transient nature of gene expression following non-integrative gene delivery and by safety concerns due to the random mechanism of viral-mediated genomic insertions. The disadvantages of these methods encourage future research in identifying human genomic sites that allow for durable and safe expression of genes of interest. We conducted a bioinformatic search followed by the experimental characterization of human genomic sites, identifying two that demonstrated the stable expression of integrated reporter and therapeutic genes without malignant changes to the cellular transcriptome. The cell-type agnostic criteria used in our bioinformatic search suggest widescale applicability of identified sites for engineering of a diver","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan","modification":"2026-05-30T22:48:01.458Z","creation":"2025-04-05T15:50:09.652Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9017210","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35474867"],"doi":["10.1016/j.crmeth.2021.100154"]}}