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Accelerated telomere shortening and replicative senescence in human fibroblasts overexpressing mutant and wild-type lamin A.
Experimental cell research - 1 Jan 2008
Huang Shurong, Risques Rosa Ana, Martin George M, Rabinovitch Peter S, Oshima Junko
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LMNA mutations are responsible for a variety of genetic disorders, including muscular dystrophy, lipodystrophy, and certain progeroid syndromes, notably Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria. Although a number of clinical features of these disorders are suggestive of accelerated aging, it is not known whether cells derived from these patients exhibit cellular phenotypes associated with accelerated aging. We examined a...
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