Figure 2.
RNA-guided activation of human genes relevant to cell and gene therapy, genetic reprogramming, and regenerative medicine. HEK293T cells were transfected with the dCas9-VP64 expression plasmid and four gRNAs individually or in combination. Target gene expression was measured by qRT-PCR and normalized to GAPDH mRNA levels. Data are shown as the mean ± s.e.m (n = 3 independent experiments). Treatment with the combination of gRNAs was statistically different than all other treatments (*P < 0.05) by Tukey’s test.