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Compare and outline the features, utility, and limitations of inducible and constitutive Cre mouse models used for retinal pigment epithelium-specific gene knockout.

January 20, 2024International Journal of Molecular SciencesOpen Access

Benefits and Caveats in the Use of Retinal Pigment Epithelium-Specific Cre Mice

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SKSai KocherlakotaKarolinska Institutet MBMyriam BaesGhent University

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Review evaluates inducible and non-inducible retinal pigment epithelium Cre mouse lines, highlighting key strengths and methodological limitations for vision research.

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Compare and outline the features, utility, and limitations of inducible and constitutive Cre mouse models used for retinal pigment epithelium-specific gene knockout.
Reviewed published Cre transgenic mouse models targeting gene deletion exclusively to the retinal pigment epithelium.
Assessed performance differences between inducible and non-inducible recombinase systems in eye disease modeling.
Retinal pigment epithelium-specific Cre lines successfully enable localized gene manipulation while preventing confounding systemic phenotypes.
Different Cre drivers present distinct operational caveats and variable targeting efficiencies that require careful selection based on specific experimental requirements.

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Kocherlakota et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa49c40fc0ec4e314f2d051 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25021293

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Review evaluates inducible and non-inducible retinal pigment epithelium Cre mouse lines, highlighting key strengths and methodological limitations for vision research.

Benefits and Caveats in the Use of Retinal Pigment Epithelium-Specific Cre Mice

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Benefits and Caveats in the Use of Retinal Pigment Epithelium-Specific Cre Mice

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