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RNA repair restores hemoglobin expression in IVS2-654 thalassemic mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Jan 2009
Svasti Saovaros, Suwanmanee Thipparat, Fucharoen Suthat, Moulton Hong M, Nelson Michelle H, Maeda Nobuyo, Smithies Oliver, Kole Ryszard
Abstract excerpt
Repair of beta-globin pre-mRNA rendered defective by a thalassemia-causing splicing mutation, IVS2-654, in intron 2 of the human beta-globin gene was accomplished in vivo in a mouse model of IVS2-654 thalassemia. This was effected by a systemically delivered splice-switching oligonucleotide (SSO), a morpholino oligomer conjugated to an arginine-rich peptide. The SSO blocked the aberrant splice site in the...
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