Huh7 and HepaRG cells were used to introduce indels targeting essential nucleotides of the G-quadruplex structure in 5′UTR region of STAT1 gene.33 (link) Ribonucleoprotein of Cas9–2NLS (10 pmol) and guide RNA (50 pmol, Synthego) were loaded onto a 10 μL Neon Tip and electroporated into 1×105 Huh7 and HepaRG cells, using Neon Transfection System at 1200 V, for 20 ms and four pulses (ThermoFisher Scientific), according to manufacturer’s instructions. Genomic DNA was isolated and used for rapid PAGE genotyping34 (link) to validate incorporation of indels, 48 hours after electroporation. Validated pools of cells were subjected to clonal selection. Isolated single colonies were confirmed by rapid PAGE genotyping and allelic sequencing.