Stem Cell Research (Aug 2022)

Generation of the induced pluripotent stem cell line UNIBSi017-A from an individual with cardiospondylocarpofacial syndrome and the MAP3K7 c.737-7A > G variant

  • Serena Calamaio,
  • Marialaura Serzanti,
  • Silvia Morlino,
  • Marialuisa Massardi,
  • Marco Ritelli,
  • Giovanna Piovani,
  • Marina Colombi,
  • Venusia Cortellini,
  • Marco Castori,
  • Patrizia Dell'Era,
  • Lucia Micale

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 63
p. 102837

Abstract

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TAK1 is a serine threonine kinase that mediates signal transduction induced by TGFβ and bone morphogenetic proteins, and controls a variety of cell functions by modulating the downstream activation of NF-kkB, JNK, and p38. Heterozygous variants in the coding MAP3K7 gene cause the cardiospondylocarpofacial syndrome, characterized by various abnormalities. Skin fibroblasts derived from a patient carrying the MAP3K7 c.737-7A>G heterozygous variant were reprogrammed using Sendai viral vector system carrying the Yamanaka factors. The generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) line retained the original genotype, expressed pluripotency markers, and differentiated into cells of the three germ layers.