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Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from a patient with CHARGE syndrome with athymia, harboring a heterozygous mutation in CHD7.
Stem cell research - 1 Mar 2026
Zhao Jin, Hu Rong, Lai Kuan Chen, Liu Yaling, Carmichael Gordon G, Martin Donna M, Lai Laijun
Abstract excerpt
CHARGE syndrome is a rare, complex congenital disorder affecting multiple organ systems, with CHD7 identified as its primary causative gene. Individuals with CHARGE syndrome can exhibit T cell immunodeficiency, which compromises adaptive immunity and increases susceptibility to infections. T cell immunodeficiency in CHARGE syndrome is largely attributed to thymic hypo/aplasia. In this study, we generated an...
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