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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Kathrin Plath
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-22246 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Tchieu Jason J Kuoy Edward E Chin Mark H MH Trinh Hung H Patterson Michaela M Sherman Sean P SP Aimiuwu Otaren O Lindgren Anne A Hakimian Shahrad S Zack Jerome A JA Clark Amander T AT Pyle April D AD Lowry William E WE Plath Kathrin K
Cell stem cell 20100819 3
Generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) requires massive epigenome reorganization. It is unclear whether reprogramming of female human cells reactivates the inactive X chromosome (Xi), as in mouse. Here we establish that human (h)iPSCs derived from several female fibroblasts under standard culture conditions carry an Xi. Despite the lack of reactivation, the Xi undergoes defined chromatin changes, and expansion of hiPSCs can lead to partial loss of XIST RNA. These results indicate that ...[more]