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Stem cell transplantation for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
31 May 2010
Abstract excerpt
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rareblood disease that results from clonal expansion of amultipotent hematolopoietic stem cell harboring a PIG-A mutation.1 The PIG-A gene product is required for the biosynthesis of glycophosphatidylinositol anchors, a glycol-ipid moiety that tethers dozens of proteins to lipid bilayer of cell membranes. Consequently, the PNH stem cell and its progeny have a...
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