Generation of two induced pluripotent stem cell lines from Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients

Summary

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder that leads to death in early adulthood. Patients with DMD have null mutations leading to loss of functional dystrophin protein. Here we generated two DMD induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines, one with deletion of exon 51 and the other with a single nucleotide nonsense mutation (c.10171C > T). Both lines expressed high levels of pluripotency markers, had the capability of differentiating into derivatives of the three germ layers, and possessed normal karyotypes. These iPSC lines can serve as powerful tools to model DMD in vitro and as a platform for therapeutic development. Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Authors Liu W, Zeng W, Kong X, Htet M, Yu R, Wheeler M, Day JW, Wu JC
Journal Stem cell research
Publication Date 2023 Oct;72:103207
PubMed 37740996
PubMed Central PMC10949967
DOI 10.1016/j.scr.2023.103207

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