Generation of the human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) line PSMi003-A from a patient affected by an autosomal recessive form of Long QT Syndrome type 1

Publication date: Available online 6 April 2018 Source:Stem Cell Research Author(s): Manuela Mura, Monia Ginevrino, Rita Zappatore, Federica Pisano, Marina Boni, Silvia Castelletti, Lia Crotti, Enza Maria Valente, Peter J. Schwartz, Massimiliano Gnecchi We generated human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) from dermal fibroblasts of a 51 years old female patient homozygous for the mutation c.535 G>A p.G179S on the KCNQ1 gene, causing a severe form of autosomal recessive Long QT Syndrome type 1 (AR-LQT1), not associated with deafness. The hiPSCs, generated using four retroviruses each encoding for a reprogramming factor OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, cMYC, are pluripotent and can differentiate into spontaneously beating cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs).
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