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Is Exon Skipping a Viable Therapeutic Approach for Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome with Mutations in COL3A1 Exon 10 or 15?
International journal of molecular sciences - 13 Aug 2024
Utama Sasiwimon, Cale Jessica M, Mitrpant Chalermchai, Fletcher Sue, Wilton Steve D, Aung-Htut May T
Abstract excerpt
Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV (vEDS) is a connective tissue disorder characterised by skin hyperextensibility, joint hypermobility and fatal vascular rupture caused by COL3A1 mutations that affect collagen III expression, homo-trimer assembly and secretion. Along with collagens I, II, V and XI, collagen III plays an important role in the extracellular matrix, particularly in...
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