Title:Advancements of the CRISPR/Cas9 System in the Treatment of Liver
Cancer
Volume: 25
Issue: 2
Author(s): Zhuoyu Li and Ziming Han*
Affiliation:
- Life Science Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, 453100, China
Keywords:
Cancer, tumor cell, liver cancer, gene editing, CRISPR/Cas9, tumor characteristics, radiotherapy, chemotherapy.
Abstract: In recent years, the CRISPR/Cas9 system has become a rapidly advancing gene editing
technology with significant advantages in various fields, particularly biomedicine. Liver cancer is
a severe malignancy that threatens human health and is primarily treated with surgery, radiotherapy,
and chemotherapy. However, surgery may not be suitable for advanced cases of liver cancer
with distant metastases. Moreover, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have low specificity and numerous
side effects that limit their effectiveness; therefore, more effective and safer treatments are
required. With the advancement of the biomolecular mechanism of cancer, CRISPR/Cas9 gene
editing technology has been widely used in the study of liver cancer to gain insights into gene
functions, establish tumor models, screen tumor phenotype-related genes, and perform gene therapy.
This review outlines the research progress of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology in the
treatment of liver cancer and provides a relevant theoretical basis for its research and application
in the treatment of liver cancer.