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iPSCs, a Future Tool for Therapeutic Intervention in Mitochondrial Disorders: Pros and Cons

Authors

Galera, Teresa , ZURITA DIAZ, FRANCISCO, Garesse, Rafael , Gallardo, M. Esther

External publication

No

Means

J. Cell. Physiol.

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

1

SJR Quartile

1

JCR Impact

4.08

SJR Impact

1.767

Publication date

01/11/2016

ISI

000385018400003

Abstract

Mitochondrial disorders, although individually are rare, taken together constitute a big group of diseases that share a defect in the oxidative phosphorylation system. Up to now, the development of therapies for these diseases is very slow and ineffective due in part to the lack of appropriate disease models. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the discovery of new therapeutic interventions. Regarding this, the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has opened new expectations in the regenerative medicine field. However, special cares and considerations must be taken into account previous to a replacement therapy. (C) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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