Table 1.
The different T21-iPSCs reprogrammed.
Type and Age of Donor Cells | Reprogramming Method | Characteristic of the iPSCs | DS Phenotype Investigated | References |
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Fibroblasts from patients (1 year, 1 month) with unrelated controls | Retrovirus with OSKM | The first T21-iPSCs generated | [10] | |
Fibroblasts from a DS patient (1 year) with unrelated controls | Retrovirus with OSKM | Neurons and AD associated phenotype | [10,13,14] | |
Skin fibroblasts from DS patients (childs) with no control | Lentivirus with OSKM | T21-iPSCs with different karyotypes for DS | [15] | |
Amniotic fluid cells (second trimester) with age match control | Lentivirus with OSKM | Reduced number of neurons | [16] | |
Fibroblasts from DS individuals | Retrovirus with OSKM | Isogenic iPSCs | Myeloid Leukemia | [10,17] |
Neonatal fibroblasts Fetal stromal cells Fetal mononuclear cells | Doxycycline-induced Lentivirus with OSKM, Retrovirus with OSKM | Myeloid Leukemia | [18] | |
Fibroblasts from DS individuals | Lentivirus with OSNL | Trisomy 21 deletion through TKNEO | Proliferation and neurogenesis | [12] |
Fibroblasts from unrelated patients and controls Fibroblasts from a mosaic DS patient. | Episomal vectors with OSK or OSNLM | Non integrating procedures Isogenic iPSCs | Neurogenesis, gliogenic shift | [19] |
Fibroblasts from unrelated patients and controls Fibroblasts from a mosaic DS patient | Retrovirus with OSKM Sendai virus with OSKM | Isogenic iPSCs | Neuron deficit | [20] |
Fibroblasts from a DS patient (1 year) | Retrovirus with OSKM Sendai virus with OSKM | Trisomy 21 deletion through Xist | Proliferation and neurogenesis | [10,21] |
Fetal skin fibroblasts from monozygotic twins discordant for trisomy 21 | Lentivirus with OSKM | Monozygotic twins discordant for trisomy 21 | Neurogenesis, gliogenic shift, rescue of the phenotype | [22,23,24] |
Fibroblasts | Retrovirus with OSKM | Non-isogenic and isogenic iPSCs | Neurogenesis, gliogenic shift | [25] |
DS: Down syndrome; iPSCs: induced pluripotent stem cells; reprogramming cocktails: O for OCT4, S for SOX2, K for KLF4, M for c-MYC, N for NANOG, L for LIN28.