Modeling Glanzmann thrombasthenia using patient specific iPSCs and restoring platelet aggregation function by CD41 overexpression

Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare monogenic hemorrhagic disorder involving aggregation defect of non-nuclear platelets. In this study we generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from skin fibroblasts of a GT patient with complex heterogeneous mutations of ITGA2B gene. GT-iPSCs could be...

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Main Authors: Liang Hu, Lili Du, Yan Zhao, Wen Li, Qi Ouyang, Di Zhou, Guangxiu Lu, Ge Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:Stem Cell Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873506117300168