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Effective cell and gene therapy in a murine model of Gaucher disease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Sept 2006
Enquist Ida Berglin, Nilsson Eva, Ooka Andreas, Månsson Jan-Eric, Olsson Karin, Ehinger Mats, Brady Roscoe O, Richter Johan, Karlsson Stefan
Abstract excerpt
Gaucher disease (GD) is a lysosomal storage disorder due to an inherited deficiency in the enzyme glucosylceramidase (GCase) that causes hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenias, and bone disease as key clinical symptoms. Previous mouse models with GCase deficiency have been lethal in the perinatal period or viable without displaying the clinical features of GD. We have generated viable mice with characteristic clinical...
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