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Allele-specific Col1a1 silencing reduces mutant collagen in fibroblasts from Brtl mouse, a model for classical osteogenesis imperfecta.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 May 2014
Rousseau Julie, Gioia Roberta, Layrolle Pierre, Lieubeau Blandine, Heymann Dominique, Rossi Antonio, Marini Joan C, Trichet Valerie, Forlino Antonella
Abstract excerpt
Gene silencing approaches have the potential to become a powerful curative tool for a variety of monogenic diseases caused by gain-of-function mutations. Classical osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a dominantly inherited bone dysplasia, is characterized in its more severe forms by synthesis of struct...
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