Generation of iPSC lines from patients with Huntington’s disease, indicating potential for disease modeling and drug research.
Human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines were generated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of four Korean patients with Huntington’s disease using a non-integrating Sendai virus-based reprogramming method. The iPSC lines expressed pluripotency markers, as confirmed by immunocytochemistry (OCT4, NANOG, SSEA-4) and flow cytometry (TRA-1-60, TRA-1-81, SSEA-4), and showed trilineage differentiation potential in vitro . All lines retained normal karyotypes and short tandem repeat (STR) profiles identical to parental PBMCs, with complete clearance of Sendai virus. These patient-derived iPSCs provide a valuable resource for Huntington’s disease modeling, drug discovery, and efficacy evaluation
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