Best disease, also known as Best vitelliform macular dystrophy, is an autosomal dominant form of macular degeneration. Here, we have generated an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line derived from a Best disease patient carrying a new dominant mutation in the BEST1 gene. Skin fibroblasts were reprogrammed to iPSCs by the non-integrative Sendai-virus method. The iPSC line has been characterized preserving the BEST1 mutation, expressing the pluripotency markers and being capable to differentiate to endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm in vitro.
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