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Involvement of Innate Immune System in Late Stages of Inherited Photoreceptor Degeneration.
Scientific reports - 20 Dec 2017
Sudharsan Raghavi, Beiting Daniel P, Aguirre Gustavo D, Beltran William A
Abstract excerpt
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of inherited retinal degenerations that lead to progressive vision loss. Over 200 mutations in 60 different genes have been shown to cause RP. Given the diversity of genes and mutations that cause RP, corrective gene therapy approaches currently in development may prove both time-consuming and cost-prohibitive for treatment of all forms of RP. An alternative approach is to...
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