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Basal cell transplantation supports multilineage differentiation and restores CFTR function in ex vivo ferret airways
Kadambari Vijaykumar,1 Liang Ma,2 Kevin Chen,2 Liping Tang,1 Nikoleta Pavelkova,1 Elex Harris,1 Kajal Jadhav,1 Qian Li,1 Mohamed Hanafy,1 Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt,3 Guillermo J. Tearney,3 Finn Hawkins,2 Darrell N. Kotton,2 and Steven M. Rowe1
1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
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1Department of Medicine and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research C, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States of America
3Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States of America
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