Establishment and Maintenance of Primary Fibroblast Repositories for Rare Diseases-Friedreich's Ataxia Example.

Li Yanjie, Polak Urszula, Clark Amanda D., Bhalla Angela D., Chen Yu-Yun, Li Jixue, Farmer Jennifer, Seyer Lauren, Lynch David, Butler Jill S., and Napierala Marek. Biopreservation and Biobanking. March 2016, ahead of print. doi:10.1089/bio.2015.0117.

We report the establishment and characterization of an FRDA fibroblast repository, which currently includes 50 primary cell lines derived from FRDA patients and seven lines from mutation carriers.

 Establishment and Maintenance of Primary Fibroblast Repositories for Rare Diseases-Friedreich's Ataxia Example.