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Generation and differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells reveal ankylosing spondylitis risk gene expression in bone progenitors.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jan 2017
Layh-Schmitt Gerlinde, Lu Shajia, Navid Fatemeh, Brooks Stephen R, Lazowick Emily, Davis Kathryn M, Montagna Cristina, Gadina Massimo, Colbert Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), which encompasses ankylosing spondylitis, is a complex genetic disease. Aberrant bone formation is a key feature of pathogenesis that can lead to ankylosis of the spine. Our objective is to determine, whether genes whose variants confer susceptibility to AS are expressed in bone progenitors like mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Since MSCs from bone marrow is difficult to obtain, we...
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