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2p15-p16.1 microdeletions encompassing and proximal to BCL11A are associated with elevated HbF in addition to neurologic impairment.

2015

Elevated fetal hemoglobin (HbF) ameliorates the clinical severity of hemoglobinopathies such as β-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia. Currently, the only curative approach for individuals under chronic transfusion/chelation support therapy is allogeneic stem cell transplantation. However, recent analyses of heritable variations in HbF levels have provided a new therapeutic target for HbF reactivation: the transcriptional repressor BCL11A. Erythroid-specific BCL11A abrogation is now actively being sought as a therapeutic avenue, but the specific impact of such disruption in humans remains to be determined. Although single nucleotide polymorphisms in BCL11A erythroid regulatory elements have …

Malecongenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalitiesmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentImmunologyBiologyBiochemistrySettore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E SpecialisticaRed Cells Iron and ErythropoiesisInternal medicinehemic and lymphatic diseasesFetal hemoglobinmedicineGene silencingHumansChildNervous System DiseaseFetal HemoglobinNuclear ProteinHematologyNuclear ProteinsCell BiologyHematologymedicine.diseasePhenotypeSickle cell anemiaUp-RegulationTransplantationRepressor ProteinsSettore MED/03 - Genetica MedicaChromosomes Human Pair 22p15-p16.1 microdeletions BCL11A HbF neurologicImmunologyFemaleStem cellChromosome DeletionNervous System DiseasesCarrier ProteinHaploinsufficiencyCarrier ProteinsHumanBlood
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