Impaired Lef1 activation accelerates iPSC-derived keratinocytes differentiation in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

February 2022 in “ bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ”

Xiaojing Mao, Zheng‐Mei Xiong, Huijing Xue, Markus Brown, Yantenew Gete, Reynold Yu, Linlin Sun, Kan Cao

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