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Restoration of hemoglobin A synthesis in erythroid cells from peripheral blood of thalassemic patients.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Aug 2000
Lacerra G, Sierakowska H, Carestia C, Fucharoen S, Summerton J, Weller D, Kole R
Abstract excerpt
Mononuclear cells from peripheral blood of thalassemic patients were treated with morpholino oligonucleotides antisense to aberrant splice sites in mutant beta-globin precursor mRNAs (pre-mRNAs). The oligonucleotides restored correct splicing and translation of beta-globin mRNA, increasing the hemoglobin (Hb) A synthesis in erythroid cells from patients with IVS2-654/beta(E), IVS2-745/IVS2-745, and...
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