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BCL2-Associated Athanogene 3 (BAG3) gene was identified mutated in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), an important cause of heart failure and premature death. BAG3 is a cytoprotective co-chaperonne protein involved in many cellular process with a central role in the maintenance of protostasis. We generated two human induced pluripotent stem cell lines (hiPSc), one carrying the heterozygous, the other the homozygous p.V468M mutation identified in DCM familial cases. All lines expressed pluripotent markers, had normal karyotype, and differentiated into derivatives of the three germ layers. Sudies of hiPSc derived cardiomyocytes will help to understand the role of BAG3 in DCM.