Engineering parathyroid cells to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Rodríguez, Mariano; Martinez-Moreno, Julio M; Almadén, Yolanda · Kidney Int · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Kanai et al. used antisense technology to reduce excessive PTH production. The authors have overcome technical difficulties to demonstrate that, by strategies of RNA interference, a steady reduction of PTH secretion can be induced in cultured parathyroid-cell spheroids and in athymic nude mice with hyperplastic parathyroid cells transplanted from patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism.

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