To identify genes for radioresistance in lung cancer

To identify genes for radioresistance in lung cancer, unbiased CRISPR/Cas9 library knockout screening was performed by constructing stable cells in A549 containing a pooled genome-wide human sgRNA library containing 12, 3411 sgRNAs targeting 19,050 unique human genes. Two populations of cells were either nonirradiated or irradiated at 4 Gy, and they were cultured in vitro for 4 days. Then genomic DNA was acquired to readout the sgRNA representation by deep sequencing. CRISPR/Cas9 library knockout screening was performed by constructing stable cells in A549 containing a pooled genome-wide human sgRNA library containing 12, 3411 sgRNAs targeting 19,050 unique human genes.