Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) represent a source of patient-specific tissues for clinical applications and basic research. Here, we present a detailed protocol to reprogram human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) obtained from frozen buffy coats into viral-free iPSCs using non-integrating episomal plasmids.
Meraviglia, V., Zanon, A., Lavdas, A. A., Schwienbacher, C., Silipigni, R., Di Segni, M., Chen, H. V., Pramstaller, P. P., Hicks, A. A., Rossini, A. Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Frozen Buffy Coats using Non-integrating Episomal Plasmids. J. Vis. Exp. (100), e52885, doi:10.3791/52885 (2015).