Assessment of epigenetic variation in human iPS cells Medip

ABSTRACT: n order to progress human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) towards the clinic, several outstanding questions must be addressed. It is possible to reprogram different somatic cell types into hiPSCs and from studies in the mouse, it appears that an epigenetic memory of the starting cell type is carried over to hiPSCs. However a comprehensive comparative study of the characteristics of these hiPSCs has been missing from the literature. Importantly studies which aimed to address these aspects of hiPSCs have used cells from different patients. In order to avoid this important confounding variable and to keep the genetic background constant, tissue samples were procured from the patients and reprogrammed to iPS cells. The methylation status of these iPS cells will be compared.Protocol:Pr

INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina MiSeq

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

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PROVIDER: E-ERAD-266 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress