Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived myotubes to model inclusion body myositis

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Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory myopathy that displays proximal and distal muscle weakness. At the histopathological level, the muscles of IBM patients show inflammatory infiltrates, rimmed vacuoles and mitochondrial changes. The etiology of IBM remains unknown, and there is a lack of validated disease models, biomarkers and effective treatments. To contribute to unveil disease underpins we...

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