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Functional characterization of two novel NKX2-1 frameshift variants that cause pulmonary surfactant dysfunction.
Pediatric research - 1 Feb 2024
Wang Huixian, Jiang Gaoli, Dai Dan, Hong Da, Zhou Weitao, Qian Liling
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BACKGROUND: We aim to report two unrelated patients with pulmonary surfactant dysfunction (PSD) that carried two novel NKX2-1 frameshift variants, and evaluated the impact of these variants in vitro. METHODS: We enrolled children with PSD and NKX2-1 variants, and collected their clinical information and follow-up data. We constructed wild-type (WT) and variant NKX2-1 plasmids and transfected them into A549 and...
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