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Recapitulating familial hypercholesterolemia in a mouse model by knock-in patient-specific LDLR mutation.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 31 Mar 2024
Liu Jing, Yang Fayu, Shang Lu, Cai Shuo, Wu Yuting, Liu Yingchun, Zhang Lifang, Fei Chenzhong, Wang Mi, Gu Feng
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is one of the most prevalent monogenetic disorders leading to cardiovascular disease (CVD) worldwide. Mutations in Ldlr, encoding a membrane-spanning protein, account for the majority of FH cases. No effective and safe clinical treatments are available for FH. Adenine base editor (ABE)-mediated molecular therapy is a promising therapeutic strategy to treat genetic diseases...
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