Generation and characterization of iPSC lines (BGUi004-A, BGUi005-A) from two identical twins with polyalanine expansion in the paired-like homeobox 2B (PHOX2B) gene

Generation and characterization of iPSC lines (BGUi004-A, BGUi005-A) from two identical twins with polyalanine expansion in the paired-like homeobox 2B (PHOX2B) gene

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare life-threatening condition affecting the autonomic nervous system that usually presents shortly after birth as hypoventilation or central apnea during sleep. In the majority of cases, heterozygous polyalanine expansion mutations within the...

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Main Authors: Daniel Falik, Tatiana Rabinski, Dor Zlotnik, Reut Eshel, Meshi Zorsky, Tali Garin-Shkolnik, Rivka Ofir, Avital Adato, Avraham Ashkenazi, Gad D. Vatine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Stem Cell Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873506120302567
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Summary:Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare life-threatening condition affecting the autonomic nervous system that usually presents shortly after birth as hypoventilation or central apnea during sleep. In the majority of cases, heterozygous polyalanine expansion mutations within the third exon of the paired-like homeobox 2B (PHOX2B) gene underlie CCHS. Here, we report the generation of two induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from two identical twins with a heterozygous PHOX2B expansion mutation (+5 alanine residues). Both generated lines highly express pluripotency markers, can differentiate into the three germ layers, retain the disease-causing mutation and display normal karyotypes.
ISSN:1873-5061

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