Giulia Fioravanti

Mrs. Giulia Fioravanti

University of Trento, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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CCCecilia Cattelani
Cecilia Cattelani
IBIngrid Battistella
Ingrid Battistella
FLFrancesca Di Leva
Francesca Di Leva
GFGiulia Fioravanti
Giulia Fioravanti
FBFrancesco Benedicenti
Francesco Benedicenti
CCCorrado Corti
Corrado Corti
Mutations in the SZT2 gene have been associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy-18, a rare severe autosomal recessive neurologic disorder, characterized by psychomotor impairment/intellectual disability, dysmorphic facial features and early onset of refractory seizures. Here we report the generation of the first induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from a patient with treatment-resistant epilepsy, carrying compound heterozygous mutations in SZT2 (Mut1: c.498G>T and Mut2: c.6553C>T), and his healthy heterozygous parents. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were reprogrammed by a non-integrating Sendai virus-based reprogramming system. The generated human iPSC lines exhibited expression of the main pluripotency markers, the potential to differentiate into all three germ layers and presented a normal karyotype. These lines represent a valuable resource to study neurodevelopmental alterations, and to obtain mature, pathology-relevant neuronal populations as an in vitro model to perform functional assays and test the patient’s responsiveness to novel antiepileptic treatments.