Research Article

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell for the Study and Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia

Table 2

Efficiency of reprogramming of MNCs by episomal vectors, showing the details of the 6 experiments.

iPSC lineCell sourceTreatment with HUAgeNumber of transfected cellsDays of expansionNumber of coloniesFirst pickingReprogramming efficiency (%)

PBscd01HbSS (F)No202,5 × 1061424Day 140.0075
PBscd02HbSS (F)No282,5 × 1061412Day 150.0046
PBscd03HbSS (M)No302,0 × 106125Day 150.0042
PBscd06HUHbSS (M)Yes322,5 × 10614No colonies0
PBscd07HUHbSS (M)Yes282,4 × 10614No colonies0
PBscd08cl02HUHbSS (M)Yes191,9 × 106144Day 180.0011
PBscd08cl03HUHbSS (M)Yes191,9 × 106144Day 180.0011
PBscd08cl04HUHbSS (M)Yes191,9 × 106144Day 180.0011

PB: peripheral blood; scd: sickle cell disease; Hb: hemoglobin; S: mutated hemoglobin; F: female; M: male; HU: hydroxyurea.