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Reversal of the cellular phenotype in the premature aging disease Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.
Nature medicine - 1 Apr 2005
Scaffidi Paola, Misteli Tom
Abstract excerpt
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a childhood premature aging disease caused by a spontaneous point mutation in lamin A (encoded by LMNA), one of the major architectural elements of the mammalian cell nucleus. The HGPS mutation activates an aberrant cryptic splice site in LMNA pre-mRNA, leading to synthesis of a truncated lamin A protein and concomitant reduction in wild-type lamin A. Fibroblasts...
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