Ciliary beating recovery in deficient human airway epithelial cells after lentivirus ex vivo gene therapy.

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia is a heterogeneous genetic disease that is characterized by cilia dysfunction of the epithelial cells lining the respiratory tracts, resulting in recurrent respiratory tract infections. Despite lifelong physiological therapy and antibiotics, the lungs of affected patients...

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Main Authors: Brigitte Chhin, Didier Negre, Olivier Merrot, Jacqueline Pham, Yves Tourneur, Denis Ressnikoff, Martine Jaspers, Mark Jorissen, François-Loïc Cosset, Patrice Bouvagnet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-03-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2650261?pdf=render