title: MicroRNAs and induced pluripotent stem cells for human disease mouse modeling.
abstract: Human disease animal models are absolutely invaluable tools for our understanding of mechanisms involved in both physiological and pathological processes. By studying various genetic abnormalities in these organisms we can get a better insight into potential candidate genes responsible for human disease development. To this point a mouse represents one of the most used and convenient species for human disease modeling. Hundreds if not thousands of inbred, congenic, and transgenic mouse models have been created and are now extensively utilized in the research labs worldwide. Importantly, pluripotent stem cells play a significant role in developing new genetically engineered mice with the desired human disease-like phenotype. Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells which represent reprogramming of somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells represent a significant advancement in research armament. The novel application of microRNA manipulation both in the generation of iPS cells and subsequent lineage-directed differentiation is discussed. Potential applications of induced pluripotent stem cell--a relatively new type of pluripotent stem cells--for human disease modeling by employing human iPS cells derived from normal and diseased somatic cells and iPS cells derived from mouse models of human disease may lead to uncovering of disease mechanisms and novel therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB C512, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
authors.forename: Chingiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Underbayev
authors.forename: Siddha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kasar
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raveche
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D057026:Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs