Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8425423 | Stem Cell Research | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is a dystrophinopathy caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene on chromosome Xp21. BMD mutations result in truncated semi-functional dystrophin isoforms. Consequently, less severe clinical symptoms become apparent later in life compared to Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Dermal fibroblasts from a BMD patient were electroporated with episomal plasmids containing reprogramming factors to create the induced pluripotent stem cell line: CCMi002BMD-A-9 that showed pluripotent markers, were karyotypically normal and capable of trilineage differentiation. MLPA analyses performed on DNA extracted from CCMi002BMD-A-9 showed an in-frame deletion of exons 45 to 55 (CCMi002BMD-A-9 Î45-55).
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Authors
Aoife Gowran, Gabriella Spaltro, Federica Casalnuovo, Vera Vigorelli, Pietro Spinelli, Elisa Castiglioni, Davide Rovina, Stefania Paganini, Marina Di Segni, Cristina Gervasini, Patrizia Nigro, Giulio Pompilio,