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AAV8 Gene Therapy Rescues the Newborn Phenotype of a Mouse Model of Crigler-Najjar.
Human gene therapy - 1 Jul 2018
Greig Jenny A, Nordin Jayme M L, Draper Christine, Bell Peter, Wilson James M
Abstract excerpt
Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors can target the liver, making them an attractive platform for gene therapy approaches that require the correction of hepatocytes. Crigler-Najjar syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder of bilirubin metabolism that occurs when the liver's uridine diphosphate glucuronosyl transferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) enzyme activity is partially or completely absent. This syndrome is...
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