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Generation of a patient-derived iPSC line from a clinically diagnosed MELAS case carrying the mtDNA m.3243A > G variant.
Stem cell research - 1 Sept 2026
Sharma Gautam, Srivastava Abhay, Rockman-Greenberg Cheryl, Dhingra Sanjiv
Abstract excerpt
MELAS (Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes) represents a multisystemic mitochondrial disease mainly triggered by heteroplasmic m.3243A > G mutation in mtDNA MT-TL1, the gene for tRNA^Leu(UUR). Here we report the successful reprogramming of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a female MELAS patient into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). This patient-specific...
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- Humans
- MELAS Syndrome
- Female
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
- Cell Line
