Characterization of UMi031-A-2 inducible pluripotent stem cell line with a neurofibromatosis type 2-associated mutation
Summary
The UMi031-A-2 hiPSC line contains a CRISPR-induced homozygous, Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) mutation (L64P (CTG > CCG)) in the NF2 gene that encodes a merlin tumor suppressor. This line was generated from an unaffected iPSC line using CRISPR technology and characterized for pluripotency and karyotypic stability. The c.191 T > C variant in NF2 is associated with a syndromic nervous system tumor disorder leading to the development of bilateral vestibular schwannomas. Once differentiated into Schwann cells, UMi031-A-2 can serve as a resource for the analysis of signaling pathways deregulated upon merlin defects and provide a pre-clinical platform for testing therapies for NF2 schwannomas. Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.
| Authors | Nourbakhsh A, Gosstola NC, Fernandez-Valle C, Dykxhoorn DM, Liu XZ |
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| Journal | Stem cell research |
| Publication Date | 2021 Aug;55:102474 |
| PubMed | 34352618 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.scr.2021.102474 |