Method for inhibiting HIV-1 infectious agent from infecting primary lymphocyte by utilizing CRISPR/Cas9
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- WUHAN INST OF VIROLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCI
- Publication Date
- 2015-06-10
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Abstract
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[0001] The invention relates to genetic engineering and anti-virus infection technology, in particular to a method for inhibiting HIV-1 from infecting primary lymphocytes by using CRISPR / Cas9. Specifically, the present invention uses Ad5F35 recombinant adenovirus expressing CRISPR / Cas9 nuclease system to target edit human primary CD4 + The HIV-1 co-receptor CCR5 on the surface of T lymphocytes destroys the CCR5 expression box or makes CCR5 lose its receptor function, thereby inhibiting HIV-1 virus infection. Background technique
[0002] Since it was first reported in 1984 that HIV-1 was the cause of AIDS (AIDS), a large number of top scientists around the world have devoted themselves to overcoming this disease. Ways such as therapy have significantly improved the quality of life of HIV-1 infected patients and greatly reduced the number of new HIV-1 infections; however, there is still a lack of effective vaccines and therapeutics that can cure HIV-1 infecti...