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Hematopoietic stem cell–targeted neonatal gene therapy reverses lethally progressive osteopetrosis in oc/oc mice
2 Mar 2007
Abstract excerpt
Infantile malignant osteopetrosis (IMO) is a fatal disease caused by lack of functional osteoclasts, and the only available treatment is hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation. In the majority of patients, the TCIRG1 gene, coding for a subunit of a proton pump essential for bone resorption, is mutated. Oc/oc mice have a deletion in the homologue gene (tcirg1) and die at 3 to 4 weeks, but can be rescued by...
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