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What about the host? A possible answer using iPSCs

dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Ana Joana
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Diogo
dc.contributor.authorAmaral, Olga
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-21T17:07:26Z
dc.date.available2021-04-21T17:07:26Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-17
dc.description.abstractPresently, society and science are reinventing themselves. In the past few years, through an externally financed project (FCT grant PTDC/BIM-MEC/4762/2014), a new line of work emerged in our department of human genetics. The use of iPSCs became a long term objective with the collaboration of PhD students, grantees and others. Efforts were carried out to generate differentiated cells from Gaucher (Duarte et al., 2019) and Fabry disease (Duarte et al., 2020). The aim of this line of work was to establish cell models for the study of Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs). Cell models are one of the best applications of iPSCs as they can be an alternative to animal models while bearing the donor’s genetic background. However, their use in the study of pathogenesis of rare diseases is also complemented by their use in toxicity studies, regenerative medicine and even clinical trials. Considering the present need for reinvention, it is easy to see that once the pandemic is under control there will be a multitude of aspects that will urge societal and scientific intervention. Focusing on the helpfulness of iPSCs, it is possible to envisage new projects of wider application, going beyond genetic disease studies, and being quickly applied to the study of infectious diseases, cell-group susceptibility, individual susceptibility and hastening clinical trials. Using iPSCs to study the host’s response to infection will certainly become an important application of iPSCs.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7688
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherLabrootspt_PT
dc.subjectHuman Geneticspt_PT
dc.subjectiPSCspt_PT
dc.subjectHuman Diseasept_PT
dc.subjectCell Modelspt_PT
dc.subjectInfectious Diseasept_PT
dc.subjectSusceptibility to Diseasept_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19pt_PT
dc.subjectDoenças Genéticaspt_PT
dc.titleWhat about the host? A possible answer using iPSCspt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleCoronavirus Virtual Webinar Series - Labroots Virtual Event, 17 June 2020pt_PT
person.familyNameAmaral
person.givenNameOlga
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3478-2122
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