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Danazol Treatment for Telomere Diseases
Author(s) -
Danielle M. Townsley,
Bogdan Dumitriu,
Delong Liu,
Angélique Biancotto,
Barbara Weinstein,
Christina Chen,
Nathan Hardy,
Andrew D. Mihalek,
Shilpa Lingala,
Yun Ju Kim,
Jianhua Yao,
E. Ellen Jones,
Bernadette R. Gochuico,
Theo Heller,
Colin O. Wu,
Rodrigo T. Calado,
Phillip Scheinberg,
Neal S. Young
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1515319
Subject(s) - danazol , clinical endpoint , medicine , telomere , telomerase , cancer , gastroenterology , cirrhosis , prospective cohort study , oncology , biology , clinical trial , gene , endometriosis , biochemistry
Genetic defects in telomere maintenance and repair cause bone marrow failure, liver cirrhosis, and pulmonary fibrosis, and they increase susceptibility to cancer. Historically, androgens have been useful as treatment for marrow failure syndromes. In tissue culture and animal models, sex hormones regulate expression of the telomerase gene.

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