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Premature proliferative arrest of cricopharyngeal myoblasts in oculo-pharyngeal muscular dystrophy: Therapeutic perspectives of autologous myoblast transplantation.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Nov 2006
Périé Sophie, Mamchaoui Kamel, Mouly Vincent, Blot Stéphane, Bouazza Belaïd, Thornell Lars-Eric, St Guily Jean Lacau, Butler-Browne Gillian
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Cultures of myoblasts isolated from cricopharyngeal muscles from patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) have been performed to study the effect of the expanded (GCG)8-13 repeat, located on the poly(A) binding protein nuclear-1 (PABPN1), on satellite cell phenotype. Cell cultures...
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