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Amelioration of beta654-thalassemia in mouse model with the knockdown of aberrantly spliced beta-globin mRNA.
Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao - 1 Oct 2008
Xie Shuyang, Li Wei, Ren Zhaorui, Zhang Jingzhi, Guo Xinbin, Wang Shu, Huang Shuzhen, Zeng Fanyi, Zeng Yi-Tao
Abstract excerpt
Large amounts of aberrantly spliced mRNA from the beta(654) allele was present in erythroid cells, which might impair the erythropoiesis. A therapeutic strategy for beta-thalassemia was explored by knocking down the aberrantly spliced mRNA of beta-globin. Lentiviral vector with siRNA fragment targets on the specific portion of beta(654)-globin aberrantly spliced pre-mRNA was constructed. In HeLa beta(654) cells,...
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