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Modeling of lung phenotype of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type I using patient-specific iPSCs.
Respiratory research - 4 Nov 2021
Suezawa Takahiro, Kanagaki Shuhei, Korogi Yohei, Nakao Kazuhisa, Hirai Toyohiro, Murakami Koji, Hagiwara Masatoshi, Gotoh Shimpei
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BACKGROUND: Somatic cells differentiated from patient-specific human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) could be a useful tool in human cell-based disease research. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by oculocutaneous albinism and a platelet dysfunction. HPS patients often suffer from lethal HPS associated interstitial pneumonia (HPSIP). Lung...
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