iPSC culture expansion selects against putatively actionable mutations in the mitochondrial genome
Maike Kosanke, Colin Davenport, Mónika Szepes, Lutz Wiehlmann, Tim Kohrn, Marie Dorda, Jonas Gruber, Kaja S. Menge, Maike Sievert, Anna Melchert, Ina Gruh, Gudrun Göhring, Ulrich Martin
The paper analyzes mtDNA variants in iPSCs and finds that culture expansion selects against harmful mitochondrial mutations, while reprogramming and differentiation do not significantly alter mtDNA heteroplasmy.
Stem Cell Reports · Sep 23, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics