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SUBMITTER: Alexeeva V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7297435 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alexeeva Vera V Aydin Iraz T IT Schaniel Christoph C Stranahan Alec W AW D'Souza Sunita L SL Bieker James J JJ
Stem cell research 20200506
Hemoglobin production during mammalian development is characterized by temporal switches of the genes coding for the α- and ß-globin chains. Defects in this controlled process can lead to hemoglobinapathies such as sickle cell disease and ß-thalassemia. The ability of human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to proceed through hematopoiesis could provide a clinically useful source of red blood cells. However, hESC-derived red cells exhibit an embryonic/fetal, but not adult, mode of hemoglobin expressio ...[more]