Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from an Alzheimer's disease patient carrying a L150P mutation in PSEN-1

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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were generated from skin fibroblasts isolated from a 58-year old male with a L150P mutation in the presenilin 1 (PSEN-1) gene, which is responsible for the majority of familial cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The iPSCs were established by co-electroporation with episomal plasmids containing hOCT4, hSOX2, hL-MYC, hKLF4, hNANOG, hLIN28, and short hairpin RNA against TP53. The iPSCs contained the specific heterozygous mutation c.449C>T, had normal karyotype, expressed the expected pluripotency genes and displayed in vitro differentiation potential to the three germ layers. The iPSCs may be useful for studying familial AD pathology in vitro. Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Authors Tubsuwan A, Pires C, Rasmussen MA, Schmid B, Nielsen JE, Hjermind LE, Hall V, Nielsen TT, Waldemar G, Hyttel P, Clausen C, Kitiyanant N, Freude KK, Holst B
Journal Stem cell research
Publication Date 2016 Jan;16(1):110-2
PubMed 27345792
DOI 10.1016/j.scr.2015.12.015

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