| Literature DB >> 20675585 |
Magda Forsberg1, Marie Carlén, Konstantinos Meletis, Maggie S Y Yeung, Fanie Barnabé-Heider, Mats A A Persson, Johan Aarum, Jonas Frisén.
Abstract
Neural stem cells have a broad differentiation repertoire during embryonic development and can be reprogrammed to pluripotency comparatively easily. We report that adult neural stem cells can be reprogrammed at very high efficiency to monocytes, a differentiated fate of an unrelated somatic lineage, by ectopic expression of the Ets transcription factor PU.1. The reprogrammed cells display a marker profile and functional characteristics of monocytes and integrate into tissues after transplantation. The failure to reprogram lineage-committed neural cells to monocytes with PU.1 suggests that neural stem cells are uniquely amenable to reprogramming.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20675585 PMCID: PMC2930460 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009412107
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205