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Cohort Generation and Characterization of Patient-Specific Familial Hypercholesterolemia Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Stem cells and development - 15 Jun 2021
Omer Linda, Hudson Elizabeth A, Hudgins Lisa C, Boyd Nolan L
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Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hoFH) is a rare disorder caused primarily by pathological mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), which disrupts LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) metabolism homeostasis. hoFH patients are at extremely high risk for cardiovascular disease and are resistant to standard therapies. LDLR knockout animals and in vitro cell models overexpressing different mutations have...
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