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Correction of murine Bernard-Soulier syndrome by lentivirus-mediated gene therapy.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy - 1 Mar 2012
Kanaji Sachiko, Kuether Erin L, Fahs Scot A, Schroeder Jocelyn A, Ware Jerry, Montgomery Robert R, Shi Qizhen
Abstract excerpt
Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by a defect in the platelet glycoprotein (GP) Ib-IX-V complex. The main treatment for BSS is platelet transfusion but it is often limited to severe bleeding episodes or surgical interventions due to the risk of alloimmunization. We have previously reported successful expression of human GPIbα (hGPIbα) in human megakaryocytes using a...
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