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ArticleJournal of molecular histology2018

Restoration of SMN expression in mesenchymal stem cells derived from gene-targeted patient-specific iPSCs.

Mai Feng, Cong Liu, Yan Xia, Bo Liu, Miaojin Zhou, Zhuo Li, Qianru Sun, Zhiqing Hu, Yanchi Wang, Lingqian Wu and 2 more

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Article in Journal of molecular histology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mai FengCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Cong LiuCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Yan XiaCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Bo LiuCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Miaojin ZhouCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Zhuo LiCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Qianru SunCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Zhiqing HuCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Yanchi WangCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Lingqian WuCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Xionghao LiuCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China. liuxionghao@sklmg.edu.cn.
Desheng LiangCenter for Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China. liangdesheng@sklmg.edu.cn.
Central South University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is primarily a neurodegenerative disease caused by the homozygous deletion of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene, thereby reducing SMN protein expression. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been implicated in the treatment of SMA. In the present study, we overexpressed exogenous SMN1 at the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) locus of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) generated from a SMA patient using an rDNA-targeting vector. The gene-targeted patient iPSCs differentiated into MSCs (SMN1-MSCs). A 2.1-fold higher expression level of SMN protein was detected in SMN1-MSCs than that detected in MSCs derived from patient iPSCs, and the results of the immunofluorescence analysis showed no difference in the quantity of SMN nuclear structures (gems) between SMN1-MSCs and MSCs derived from normal human iPSCs (h-MSCs). These findings provide a novel strategy for obtaining gene-targeted MSCs for potential clinical applications in autologous cell-based therapy.

Indexed as

Cells, CulturedDNA, RibosomalGene ExpressionHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem CellsMuscular Atrophy, SpinalPrecision MedicineSurvival of Motor Neuron 1 ProteinDNA, RibosomalSMN1 protein, humanSurvival of Motor Neuron 1 ProteinGene targetingiPSCsMSCsrDNA locusSMN1

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PMID29209912
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