Abstract
Abstract
Background
Disease-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are useful tools for pathological analysis and diagnosis of rare diseases. Given the limited available resources, banking such disease-derived iPSCs and promoting their widespread use would be a promising approach for untangling the mysteries of rare diseases. Herein, we comprehensively established iPSCs from patients with designated intractable diseases in Japan and evaluated their properties to enrich rare disease iPSC resources.
Methods
Patients with designated intractable diseases were recruited for the study and blood samples were collected after written informed consent was obtained from the patients or their guardians. From the obtained samples, iPSCs were established using the episomal method. The established iPSCs were deposited in a cell bank.
Results
We established 1,532 iPSC clones from 259 patients with 139 designated intractable diseases. The efficiency of iPSC establishment did not vary based on age and sex. Most iPSC clones originated from non-T and non-B hematopoietic cells. All iPSC clones expressed key transcription factors, OCT3/4 (range 0.27–1.51; mean 0.79) and NANOG (range 0.15–3.03; mean 1.00), relative to the reference 201B7 iPSC clone.
Conclusions
These newly established iPSCs are readily available to the researchers and can prove to be a useful resource for research on rare intractable diseases.
Funder
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
iPS cell research fund
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
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