Confounding factors from inducible systems for spatiotemporal gene expression regulation.
Abstract
Spatiotemporally regulated targeted gene manipulation is a common way to study the effect of gene variants on phenotypic traits, but the Cre/loxP and Tet-On/Tet-Off systems can affect whole-organism physiology and function due to off-target effects. We highlight some of these adverse effects, including whole-body endocrinology and disturbances in the gut microbiome and in mitochondrial and metabolic function.
Keywords
Temporal Gene Expression
MeSH terms
Animals
Artifacts
CRISPR-Cas Systems
Doxycycline
Gene Editing
Gene Expression Regulation
Genome
Integrases
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Mitochondria
Receptors, Estrogen
Response Elements
Tamoxifen
Tetracycline
Transfection
Authors
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