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Specific impairment of cardiogenesis in mouse ES cells containing a human chromosome 21.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 24 Jun 2000
Inoue T, Shinohara T, Takehara S, Inoue J, Kamino H, Kugoh H, Oshimura M
Abstract excerpt
Down syndrome (DS) leads to cardiac defects which are common and significant in babies with DS. We recently generated chimeric mice carrying a human chromosome (hChr) 21. The contribution ratio of embryonic stem (ES) cells containing a hChr 21 was specifically low in the heart, compared to other organs, and cardiovascular malformations were observed, suggesting that an additional copy of hChr 21 also disrupts the...
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