University of Hong Kong and Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health 1 article published in JoVE Developmental Biology A Familial Hypercholesterolemia Human Liver Chimeric Mouse Model Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Hepatocytes Jiayin Yang*1,2,6, Lai-Yung Wong*2, Xiao-Yu Tian*3, Rui Wei1,2, Wing-Hon Lai2, Ka-Wing Au2, Zhiwei Luo4,5, Carl Ward4,5, Wai-In Ho2, David P. Ibañez4,5, Hao Liu4,5, Xichen Bao4,5, Baoming Qin4,5, Yu Huang3, Miguel A. Esteban4,5,7, Hung-Fat Tse1,2,6,7 1Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, 2The Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, 3School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Vascular Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Joint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health and Guangzhou Medical University, 5Laboratory of RNA, Chromatin, and Human Disease, CAS Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone, and Healthy Ageing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, 7Hong Kong-Guangdong Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre, University of Hong Kong and Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health Here, we present a protocol to generate a human liver chimeric mouse model of familial hypercholesterolemia using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes. This is a valuable model for testing new therapies for hypercholesterolemia.
