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. 2019 Nov 14;28(1 Suppl):112S–131S. doi: 10.1177/0963689719886534

Table 1.

Summary of Reported Human EiPSC sources available in the Literature.

Type of cell Source Patient conditions Method of transfection Further differentiation Author
Fibroblasts Fetal foreskin Healthy Electroporation N/A Yu et al.39,40, Matz and Adjave62, Tandon et al.63, Tidball et al.64, Kamath et al.65, Kim et al.66, Schmitt et al.67, Mah et al.68
Fibroblasts Fetal foreskin Healthy Electroporation CD235a+CD45 leukocyte-free red blood cells Dias et al.69
Fibroblasts Fetal foreskin Healthy Electroporation Cardiomyocytes Mehta et al.70
Fibroblasts Fetal foreskin Healthy Electroporation Hepatocyte-like cells Wruck and Adjave71
Fibroblasts; Fibroblasts Fetal lung Healthy Poly(beta-amino ester) nanoparticles; Electroporation Neuronal cells Bhise et al.72
Fibroblasts Fetal foreskin Healthy Lipofectamine 3000 reagent N/A Skrzypczyk et al.73
Fibroblasts Fetal right musculus quadriceps femoris Healthy Lipofectamine 3000 reagent N/A Csobonyeiova et al.74
Fibroblasts Fetal foreskin Homozygous α-thalassemia (−SEA/−SEA) Electroporation N/A Tangprasittipap et al.75
Fibroblasts Fetal epidermal tissue from rim of open neural placode and spinal cord Spina bifda aperta (SBA) Electroporation Neurospheres Bamba et al.76
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation N/A Bharathan et al.36, Weltner et al.37, Yu et al.40, Wong et al.77, Bang et al.78, Hey et al.79, Jaffer et al.80, Trevisan et al.81, Fidan et al.82, Wang et al.83, Chen et al.84, Polanco et al.85, Willmann et al.86, Høffding et al.87
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation; Lipofectamine 3000 reagent; Nucleofector system N/A Manzini et al.88
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation Neural stem cells Capetian et al.89
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation Motor neurons Hu et al.51
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation Neural cells Wang et al.90
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation Neural stem cells, motor neurons, cardiomyocytes, and fibroblasts Requena et al.91
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation Dopaminergic neurons and retinal pigment epithelial cells Okita et al.20
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation Smooth muscle progenitor cells Zhou et al.92
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation Retinal pigment epithelial cells Li et al.93
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy Electroporation Cardiomyocytes Sequiera et al.94
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy FuGENE HD reagent Hepatocyte-like and cardiac myocyte-like cells Si-Tayeb et al.95
Fibroblasts Adult gingival tissues Healthy Electroporation Periodontal cells Yin et al.96
Fibroblasts Adult skin Huntington’s disease Electroporation N/A Tidball et al.21
Fibroblasts Adult skin Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva caused by a missense mutation in ACVR1 gene Electroporation N/A Hayashi et al.35
Fibroblasts Adult skin Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 Electroporation N/A Hansen et al.97,98
Fibroblasts Adult skin Frontotemporal dementia caused by mutations in microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene Electroporation N/A Rasmussen et al.99101
Fibroblasts Adult skin Maturity-onset diabetes of the young 4 and type 2 diabetes mellitus caused by mutations in PDX1 gene Electroporation N/A Wang et al.52,102
Fibroblasts Adult skin Autosomal recessive Stargardt disease caused by compound heterozygous mutations in ABCA4 gene Electroporation N/A Claassen et al.103
Fibroblasts Adult skin X-Chromosomal disease Electroporation N/A Hinz et al.121
Fibroblasts Adult skin Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) caused by mutations in dystrophin gene on chromosome Xp21 Electroporation N/A Gowran et al.105
Fibroblasts Adult skin Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3, also known as Machado-Joseph disease) caused by a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in ATXN3 gene Electroporation N/A Hayer et al.106
Fibroblasts Adult skin Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) caused by a heterozygous mutation in CSF1R gene Electroporation N/A Hayer et al.107
Fibroblasts Adult skin Healthy and kidney disease caused by an autosomal dominant mutation in HNF4A gene Electroporation N/A Howden et al.108
Fibroblasts Adult skin Prostate adenocarcinoma (PCa) Electroporation N/A Kahounová et al.109
Fibroblasts Adult skin Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) Electroporation N/A Ritthaphai et al.110
Fibroblasts Adult skin Dravet syndrome caused by a heterozygous R1525X mutation in SCN1A gene Electroporation N/A Tanaka et al.111
Fibroblasts Adult skin Mucoplysaccharydosis IIIA (MPSIIIA) Electroporation N/A Vallejo et al.112
Fibroblasts Adult skin Mucopolysaccharydosis IIIB (MPSIIIB) Electroporation N/A Vallejo-Diez et al.113
Fibroblasts Adult skin Late-onset non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa caused by compound heterozygous mutations in CLN3 gene Electroporation N/A Zhang et al.114
Fibroblasts Adult skin Autosomal recessive Alport syndrome (ARAS) caused by a homozygous COL4A3 mutation Electroporation N/A Kuebler et al.115
Fibroblasts Adult skin X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) caused by hemizygous COL4A5 mutations in exon 41 or exon 46 Electroporation N/A Kuebler et al.116
Fibroblasts Adult skin Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) lacking DMD exons 49 and 50 Electroporation N/A Spaltro et al.117
Fibroblasts Adult skin Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) Electroporation N/A Hung et al.118
Fibroblasts Adult skin Low-grade steatosis Electroporation N/A Kawala et al.119
Fibroblasts Adult skin Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva syndrome caused by a mutation in ACVR1 gene Electroporation N/A Kim et al.120
Fibroblasts Adult skin Alzheimer’s disease caused by mutations in PSEN1 gene Electroporation N/A Li et al.121,122, Poon et al.123, Tubsuwan et al.124
Fibroblasts Adult skin Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Electroporation N/A Fidan et al.125
Fibroblasts Adult skin Turner syndrome (TS) caused by monosomy X Electroporation N/A Luo et al.126
Fibroblasts Adult skin; Fetal skin Retinitis pigmentosa; Severe combined immunodeficiency Electroporation N/A Howden et al.127
Fibroblasts Adult skin Ankylosing spondylitis; Sjögren’s syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus Electroporation Hematopoietic and mesenchymal lineages Son et al.47
Fibroblasts Adult skin Retinitis pigmentosa-11 caused by a dominant nonsense mutation in PRPF31 gene Electroporation Retinal organoids McLenachan et al.128
Fibroblasts Adult skin Rare neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) Electroporation Forebrain neurons Bell et al.129
Fibroblasts Adult skin Down syndrome Electroporation Neuronal cells Briggs et al.130
Fibroblasts Adult skin Alzheimer’s disease caused by mutations in PSEN1 gene Electroporation Mature neurons with amyloidogenic properties Mahairaki et al.131
Fibroblasts Adult skin Low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) deficiency familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) Electroporation Hepatocyte-like cells Ramakrishnan et al.132
Keratinocytes Adult skin Healthy FuGENE HD reagent N/A Piao et al.133
Mononuclear cells Fetal peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation N/A Dowey et al.134
Mononuclear cells Neonatal peripheral blood and cord blood Lung disease Electroporation N/A Kamath et al.135
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation N/A Okita et al.43, Wen et al.136,137, Wang et al.138,139, Su et al.140, Tangprasittipap et al.141, Mack et al.142, Chou et al.143
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation Cardiovascular progenitor cells Hu et al.61
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation Ventricular cardiomyocyte Weng et al.144
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation Hepatocytes Liu et al.145
Mononuclear cells Adult bone marrow Healthy Electroporation Mesenchymal stem cells TheinHan et al.146
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Alzheimer’s disease Electroporation N/A Wang et al.147150
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Bipolar disorder (BD) Electroporation N/A Wang et al.151
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) Electroporation N/A Wang et al.152
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Parkinson disease Electroporation N/A Zhao et al.153
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Complete dopa-responsive dystonia (DYT5) caused by a GCH1 mutation Electroporation N/A Murakami et al.154
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by mutations in beta-myosin heavy chain (MYH7) gene Electroporation N/A Ross et al.155
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Sickle cell anemia (SCA) Electroporation CD34+CD45+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells Junqueira Reis et al.156
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood Myocardial infarction Electroporation Cardiomyocytes Malecki et al.157
Mononuclear cells Adult bone marrow Healthy Electroporation Mesenchymal stem cells, adipocytes, chondrocytes, and osteoblasts Tang et al.158
Mononuclear cells Adult peripheral blood and bone marrow Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) Electroporation CD34+CD45+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HPC), and CD71+CD235a+ erythroid cells Hsu et al.159
Mononuclear cells Fetal cord blood and neoplastic bone marrow; Adult patient Healthy; Chronicmyeloid leukemia Electroporation CD34+CD43+ hematopoietic progenitors, CD34+CD31+CD43 endothelial cells, and CD34+CD31CD43 mesenchymal cells; N/A Hu et al.41,160
Erythroblast Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation N/A Varga et al.161
Erythroblast Adult peripheral blood Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) caused by compound heterozygous null mutations in ATM kinase gene at chromosome 11q22 Electroporation Neural Stem Cells Bhatt et al.162,163
Cord blood CD34+ cells Fetal cord blood Healthy Electroporation N/A Chou et al.48, Meng et al.56, Su et al.164, Fernandes et al.165167
Amniotic fluid cells Fetal amniotic fluid Healthy Electroporation N/A Slamecka et al.168, He et al.169
Amniotic fluid cells Fetal amniotic fluid Healthy Fugene HD reagent Neural cells Wilson et al.170
Amniotic fluid cells Fetal amniotic fluid Trisomy 18 (18T) Electroporation N/A Xing et al.171
Mesenchymal stromal cells Fetal amnion Healthy Electroporation N/A Slamecka et al.172
Mesenchymal stromal cells Fetal femur Healthy Electroporation N/A Megges et al.60
Mesenchymal stromal cells Adult femur Healthy Electroporation N/A Göbel et al.173, Foja et al.174
Mesenchymal stromal cells Adult subcutaneous fat Healthy Electroporation N/A Qu et al.175
Mesenchymal stromal cells Adult dental pulp Healthy Electroporation Neural progenitor cells Thekkeparambil Chandrabose et al.176, Saitoh et al.177
Mesenchymal stromal cells Adult parotid gland Squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity Electroporation N/A Yan et al.178
Neural stem cells Neonate Healthy Electroporation N/A Marchetto et al.58
Neural stem cells Fetal cortical tissue Healthy Electroporation Neural cells Zhou et al.8
Lymphoblast Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation N/A Schroter et al.179
Lymphoblast Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation Neurons, spinal motor neurons, and intestinal organoids Barrett et al.180
Lymphoblast Adult peripheral blood Parkinson’s disease Electroporation N/A Kumar et al.49
Lymphoblast Adult peripheral blood Alzheimer’s disease caused by a TREM2 missense mutation Electroporation N/A Schroter et al.181
Lymphoblast Adult peripheral blood Alzheimer’s disease caused by a homozygous APOE4 allele mutation Electroporation N/A Zulfiqar et al.182,183
Lymphoblast Adult peripheral blood Alzheimer’s disease with different genotypes of a functional copy number variation in the AD risk gene CR1; AD with TREM2 p.R47H variant Electroporation N/A Schröter et al.184,185
Lymphoblast Adult peripheral blood APOE ∊3/∊3 genotype and expressing CR1 isoform F/F (low risk of Alzheimer’s disease) Electroporation N/A Martins et al.186
T cells Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation Neuronal cells Tsai et al.33
T cells Adult peripheral blood Age-related macular degeneration Electroporation Retinal pigment epithelial cells Chang et al.34
B cells Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation N/A Choi et al.55
B cells Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation Hematopoietic, cardiac, neural, and hepatocyte-like lineages Rajesh et al.42
B cells Adult peripheral blood Parkinson’s disease Electroporation Neurospheres, and neural cells Fujimori et al.187
Lamina propria progenitor cells Adult oral mucosal Healthy Electroporation N/A Howard-Jones et al.188
Oral mucosa epithelial stem cells Adult oral mucosal Healthy Electroporation N/A Alvisi et al.189
Oral mucosa epithelial stem cells Adult oral mucosal Ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting (EEC) syndrome caused by a R279H mutation in TP63 gene Electroporation N/A Trevisan et al.190
Urine cells Adult urine Healthy Electroporation N/A Wang et al.191
Urine cells Adult urine Healthy Electroporation Hepatocyte-like cells Si-Tayeb et al.192
Urine cells Adult urine Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) (also termed Wermer syndrome) caused by mutations in tumor suppressor gene MEN1 Electroporation N/A Guo et al.193
Urine cells Adult urine Type 2 long QT syndrome caused by a mutation in HERG A561P gene Electroporation Cardiomyocytes Jouni et al.194
Urine progenitor cells Adult urine Healthy Lipofectamine 3000 reagent N/A Steichen et al.195
Urine epithelial cells Adult urine Healthy Electroporation N/A Ju et al.196
Urine epithelial cells Adult urine Healthy Electroporation Hepatocytes Sauer et al.50
Urine epithelial cells Adult urine Phenylketonuria (PKU) Electroporation N/A Qi et al.197
Urine epithelial cells Adult urine Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) caused by mutations in survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene Electroporation Motor neurons Zhou et al.198
SIX2-positive renal cells Adult urine An African male expressing the CYP2D6 *4/*17 variant which confers intermediate drug metabolizing activity Electroporation N/A Bohndorf et al.199
Epicardium-derived cells Adult atrial biopsy Healthy Electroporation N/A Paulitschek et al.200
Neonatal fibroblasts; Adult skin fibroblasts; Urine epithelial cells; Amniotic fluid cells Neonatal and adult skin; adult urine Healthy PEI reagent N/A Drozd et al.32
Fibroblasts; Urine epithelial cells Adult skin; adult urine Healthy PEI reagent Insulin producing cells Walczak et al.38
Fibroblasts; Mononuclear cells Adult skin; Adult peripheral blood Healthy Electroporation Cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and neuronal cell Diecke et al.201
Fibroblasts; Mononuclear cells Adult skin; Adult peripheral blood Kawasaki disease (KD) Electroporation Vascular endothelial cells Ikeda et al.202
Mononuclear cells; Mesenchymal stromal cells Adult peripheral blood and bone marrow Healthy Electroporation N/A Cheng et al.203
Fetal fibroblasts; Adult fibroblasts; Keratinocytes; Cord blood CD34+ cells Fetal skin; Adult skin; Adult skin; Fetal cord blood Healthy Electroporation N/A Park et al.204
Fibroblasts; Cord blood CD34+ cells Adult skin; Fetal cord blood Healthy Electroporation Vascular progenitor cells Park et al.205
Fibroblasts; Keratinocytes Adult skin; Hair follicle Timothy syndrome with cardiac arrhythmias Lipofectamine 2000 reagent Cardiomyocytes Song et al.206
Cancer cells Adult lung Adenocarcinoma X-tremeGENE transfection reagent N/A Zhao et al.207