Stem Cell Research (May 2018)

Blood-derived integration-free iPS cell line UKBi011-A from a diagnosed male Alzheimer's disease patient with APOE ɛ4/ɛ4 genotype

  • Michael Peitz,
  • Tamara Bechler,
  • Catrin Cornelia Thiele,
  • Monika Veltel,
  • Melanie Bloschies,
  • Klaus Fliessbach,
  • Alfredo Ramirez,
  • Oliver Brüstle

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29
pp. 250 – 253

Abstract

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is most the frequent neurodegenerative disease, and the APOE ε4 allele is the most prominent risk factor for late-onset AD. Here, we present an iPSC line generated from peripheral blood cells of a male AD patient employing Sendai virus vectors encoding the transcription factors OCT4, SOX2, KLF4 and c-MYC. The characterized iPSC line expresses typical human pluripotency markers and shows differentiation into all three germ layers, complete reprogramming vector clearance, a normal SNP genotype and maintenance of the APOE ε4/ε4 allele.