TABLE 1

CRISPR/Cas9 technology in the treatment of different cancers

Cancer TypeGene EditedMethod of DeliveryTargetReference
Glioblastoma and medulloblastomaTrp53, Pten, Nf1, and Ptch1Electroporation/PEI-mediated transfectionPDX, CDX, and GEMMsZuckermann et al., 2015
Bladder cancerTP53, UCA1, and lncRNA-related nuclear proteinHydrodynamic injection5637 and T24 bladder cancer cell linesXue et al., 2014a
Breast cancerBRM and BRG1 CDH1N/AGEMMWu et al., 2015a
Ovarian cancerSnail1Lipofectamine 2000Human ovarian adenocarcinomaHaraguchi et al., 2015
Acute myeloid leukemiamiRNAsN/AMammalian cell phenotypesWallace et al., 2016
Renal cell carcinomamiR-210-3pLipofectamine RNAiMAX transfection reagentIn vivo xenograft study in which TWIST1 was the key target of miR210-3p.Yoshino et al., 2017
Colorectal cancerAPC, TP53, KRAS, SMAD4Lentivirus/LNPGEMMRoper et al., 2017
Hepatocellular carcinomaPten and p53Hydrodynamic injectionEmbryonic stem cell targetingXue et al., 2014b
  • APC, adenomatous polyposis coli; BRG1, Brahma-related gene 1; BRM, Brahma; CDX, cell-derived xenograft; GEMM, genetically engineered mouse model; lncRNA, long noncoding RNA; LNP, lipid nanoparticle; miRNA, microRNA; N/A, Not Applicable; PDX, patient-derived xenograft; TWIST1, Twist-related protein 1; UCA1, urothelial carcinoma-associated 1.