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Adeno-associated virus serotype 8 gene transfer rescues a neonatal lethal murine model of propionic acidemia.
Human gene therapy - 1 Apr 2011
Chandler Randy J, Chandrasekaran Suma, Carrillo-Carrasco Nuria, Senac Julien S, Hofherr Sean E, Barry Michael A, Venditti Charles P
Abstract excerpt
Propionic acidemia (PA) is an autosomal recessive disorder of metabolism caused by a deficiency of propionyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (PCC). Despite optimal dietary and cofactor therapy, PA patients still suffer from lethal metabolic instability and experience multisystemic complications. A murine model of PA (Pcca(-/-)) of animals that uniformly die within the first 48 hr of life was used to determine the efficacy...
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