Gene expression profiles of hepatocyte-like cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from donors with the Zellweger spectrum of peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBD-ZSD) and healthy controls

Skin fibroblasts from individuals with PBD-ZSD, a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by peroxisome assembly defects, show defects in lipid metabolism that provide the basis for clinical diagnostic tests, but are not among the cell types most affected by disease. To explore phenotypes of more clinically relevant cell types, skin fibroblasts from PBD-ZSD patients and healthy controls were reprogrammed into iPS cells with all the hallmark properties of pluripotency. Subsequently, iPSCs were differentiated into ASGPR-positive hepatocyte-like cells that were subject to flow cytometry and subject to gene expression profiling.

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Wang XM, Yik WY, Zhang P, Lu W, Huang N, Kim BR, Shibata D, Zitting M, Chow RH, Moser AB, Steinberg SJ, Hacia JG