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A novel mutation of CTC1 leads to telomere shortening in a chinese family with interstitial lung disease.
Hereditas - 18 Nov 2023
Liu Lv, Luo Hua, Sheng Yue, Kang Xi, Peng Hong, Luo Hong, Fan Liang-Liang
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Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), or diffuse pulmonary lung disease, are a subset of lung diseases that primarily affect lung alveoli and the space around interstitial tissue and bronchioles. It clinically manifests as progressive dyspnea, and patients often exhibit a varied decrease in pulmonary diffusion function. Recently, variants in telomere biology-related genes have been identified as genetic lesions of...
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