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Mohamed Ameen1, Laksshman Sundaram2, Mengcheng Shen3

  • 1Department of Cancer Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Illumina Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Illumina Inc, Foster City, CA, USA.

Cell
|December 23, 2022
PubMed
まとめ

この研究では,単細胞の表遺伝子学を用いて心臓細胞の発達をマッピングし,重要な転写因子の役割を明らかにし,先天性心疾患 (CHD) に関連する遺伝的変異を特定しました. 心臓発作と心臓病の起源を理解するのに役立ちます.

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