Establishment and characterization of an iPSC line from a 35 years old high grade patient with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (30-40% steatosis) with homozygous wildtype PNPLA3 genotype

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome and its prevalence increases continuously. Here, we reprogrammed fibroblasts of a high grade NAFLD patient with homozygous wildtype PNPLA3 genotype. The induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were characterized by immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, embryoid body formation, pluritest, DNA-fingerprinting and karyotype analysis.