Modeling Osteosarcoma Using Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Patient-derived Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsRuoji Zhou 1,2, An Xu 1, Jian Tu 1,3, Mo Liu 1, Julian A Gingold 4, Ruiying Zhao 1, Dung-Fang Lee 1,2,5,6
1Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth, 3Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 4Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 5Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6Center for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics and School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Here, we present a protocol for the generation of induced pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) from Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) patient derived fibroblasts, differentiation of iPSCs via mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to osteoblasts, and modeling in vivo tumorigenesis using LFS patient-derived osteoblasts.
