Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Cell Stem Cell. 2010 Nov 5;7(5):545-6. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2010.10.005.
In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Ku et al. (2010) demonstrate that iPSCS derived from Friedreich's ataxia patients exhibit expansion of the causative (GAA)(n) repeat, consistent with the repeat instability observed during intergenerational transmissions in humans. Furthermore, the epigenetic signature of the disease remains intact in Friedreich's ataxia iPSCs.
在本期《细胞干细胞》中,Ku 等人(2010)表明,源自弗里德里希共济失调患者的诱导多能干细胞(iPSC)表现出致病(GAA)(n)重复序列的扩增,与人类世代间传递过程中观察到的重复不稳定一致。此外,弗里德里希共济失调 iPSC 中疾病的表观遗传特征保持完整。