Stem Cell Research (Oct 2018)

Generation of ZZUi008-A, a transgene-free, induced pluripotent stem cell line derived from chorionic villi cells of a fetus with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

  • Xiaofan Zhu,
  • Aojie Cai,
  • Jingjing Meng,
  • Lina Liu,
  • Siying Cui,
  • Suzhen Qu,
  • Junhong Zhao,
  • Ning Liu,
  • Xiangdong Kong

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32
pp. 47 – 50

Abstract

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a common X-linked recessive disorder for which there is no present cure. In this paper, we reported the generation of ZZUi008-A, an induced pluripotent stem cell(iPSC) line derived from chorionic villus(CV) cells of a fetus with a deletion mutation in exon 33 of the dystrophin gene (DMD). The cell line was generated using feeder-free and virus-free conditions, and the established cell line retains the original DMD mutation, a normal karyotype, expresses pluripotency markers, able to differentiate into three lineages. This ZZUi008-A cell line could provide a promising tool to study this complex disease.