Prof. Dr. med. Bernd K. Fleischmann
Institut für Physiologie 1
bernd.fleischmann@uni-bonn.de View member: Prof. Dr. med. Bernd K. Fleischmann
Stem cell research
BAG3 is a central component of the chaperone-assisted selective autophagy complex and thus important for proteostasis. This function is affected by a point mutation (p.P209L; c.626C>T) in the BAG3 gene, leading to myofibrillar myopathy-6 (MFM6), restrictive cardiomyopathy and polyneuropathy, which manifests as severe skeletal muscle weakness and heart failure. The isogenic induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) control line was generated by correcting for c.626C>T in iPSCs from MFM6-patient. Quality control was achieved by testing for pluripotency and differentiation into the three germ layers. In conjunction with patient-specific MFM6 hiPSC, the isogenic hiPSC control line enable the correct analysis of MFM6.
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PMID: 39662461
Institut für Physiologie 1
bernd.fleischmann@uni-bonn.de View member: Prof. Dr. med. Bernd K. Fleischmann