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Enhancing a Wnt-Telomere Feedback Loop Restores Intestinal Stem Cell Function in a Human Organotypic Model of Dyskeratosis Congenita.
Cell stem cell - 1 Sept 2016
Woo Dong-Hun, Chen Qijun, Yang Ting-Lin B, Glineburg M Rebecca, Hoge Carla, Leu Nicolae A, Johnson F Brad, Lengner Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Patients with dyskeratosis congenita (DC) suffer from stem cell failure in highly proliferative tissues, including the intestinal epithelium. Few therapeutic options exist for this disorder, and patients are treated primarily with bone marrow transplantation to restore hematopoietic function. Here, we generate isogenic DC patient and disease allele-corrected intestinal tissue using clustered regularly interspaced...
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