Weinacht KG, Brauer PM, Felgentreff K, Devine A, Gennery AR, Giliani S, Al-Herz W, Schambach A, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC, Notarangelo LD. The role of induced pluripotent stem cells in research and therapy of primary immunodeficiencies.
Curr Opin Immunol 2012;
24:617-24. [PMID:
22841347 DOI:
10.1016/j.coi.2012.07.001]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The advent of reprogramming technology has greatly advanced the field of stem cell biology and nurtured our hope to create patient specific renewable stem cell sources. While the number of reports of disease specific induced pluripotent stem cells is continuously rising, the field becomes increasingly more aware that induced pluripotent stem cells are not as similar to embryonic stem cells as initially assumed. Our state of the art understanding of human induced pluripotent stem cells, their capacity, their limitations and their promise as it pertains to the study and treatment of primary immunodeficiencies, is the content of this review.
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