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Generation of two induced pluripotent stem cell lines from healthy patients of African American ancestry. Stem cell research Mullen, M., Kojic, A., Alamana, C., Canel, G., Lai, C., Knowles, J. W., Wu, J. C. 2024; 76: 103322

Abstract

Stem cells are a resourceful tool for investigating cardiovascular disease in the context of race and gender. Once derived from blood or skin cells, the reprogrammed induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) adopt an embryonic-like pluripotent state, enabling researchers to develop drug screening or disease modeling platforms. Here, we generated two iPSC lines from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of two healthy African American patients. Both lines display the usual morphology of pluripotent stem cells, demonstrate elevated expression of pluripotent markers, show normal karyotype, and differentiate into all three germ layers in vitro.

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.scr.2024.103322

View details for PubMedID 38359472