Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Genetic aberrations in iPSCs are introduced by a transient G1/S cell cycle checkpoint deficiency

  • Ryoko Araki,
  • Yuko Hoki,
  • Tomo Suga,
  • Chizuka Obara,
  • Misato Sunayama,
  • Kaori Imadome,
  • Mayumi Fujita,
  • Satoshi Kamimura,
  • Miki Nakamura,
  • Sayaka Wakayama,
  • Andras Nagy,
  • Teruhiko Wakayama,
  • Masumi Abe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13830-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Point mutations have been found in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) but when they arise is unclear. Here, the authors show that a G1/S cell cycle checkpoint deficiency transiently occurs early in genome reprogramming, suggesting a common developmental pathway between iPSC and tumorigenesis, and generate genetic burden-free human iPSCs.