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Natural Exon Skipping Sets the Stage for Exon Skipping as Therapy for Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa
19 Sept 2019
Abstract excerpt
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) is a devastating blistering disease affecting skin and mucous membranes. It is caused by pathogenic variants in the COL7A1 gene encoding type VII collagen, and can be inherited dominantly or recessively. Recently, promising proof-of-principle has been shown for antisense oligonucleotide (AON)-mediated exon skipping as a therapeutic approach for DEB. However, the precise...
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