Lana Karapetyan

The aim of this project is to establish a bank of induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) using cell reprogramming approaches for a more comprehensive study of disease molecular mechanisms. In Armenia, FMF prevalence is about 14-100 per 10,000 inhabitants, depending on the region. For the comprehensive research of the disease, it is necessary to have appropriate cell platforms that will contain pathogenic mutations of the FMF. Created stem cell bank ...

In this project genetic engineering and functional genomics approaches will be used to describe molecular mechanisms of FMF. Using DNA/RNA samples obtained from FMF patients and healthy subjects MEFV nanopore gene sequencing will be performed to identify genetic variants and possibly find novel putative functional variants. The impact of genetic variants on transcriptome landscape will be studies by RNA-sequencing using nanopore sequencing device. Based on MEFV sequencing data and patients clinical ...

Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are reprogrammed somatic cells derived from individual patients through the expression of key transcription factors (e.g., OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and c-MYC). These cells exhibit pluripotency, allowing them to differentiate into various cell types and serve as in vitro models for studying disease mechanisms, drug screening, and regenerative medicine.