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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Agnes Viale
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17043 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature 20090819 7262
The isolation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) offers a new strategy for modelling human disease. Recent studies have reported the derivation and differentiation of disease-specific human iPSCs. However, a key challenge in the field is the demonstration of disease-related phenotypes and the ability to model pathogenesis and treatment of disease in iPSCs. Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a rare but fatal peripheral neuropathy, caused by a point mutation in the IKBKAP gene involved in ...[more]