| Literature DB >> 23868920 |
Pingping Hou1, Yanqin Li, Xu Zhang, Chun Liu, Jingyang Guan, Honggang Li, Ting Zhao, Junqing Ye, Weifeng Yang, Kang Liu, Jian Ge, Jun Xu, Qiang Zhang, Yang Zhao, Hongkui Deng.
Abstract
Pluripotent stem cells can be induced from somatic cells, providing an unlimited cell resource, with potential for studying disease and use in regenerative medicine. However, genetic manipulation and technically challenging strategies such as nuclear transfer used in reprogramming limit their clinical applications. Here, we show that pluripotent stem cells can be generated from mouse somatic cells at a frequency up to 0.2% using a combination of seven small-molecule compounds. The chemically induced pluripotent stem cells resemble embryonic stem cells in terms of their gene expression profiles, epigenetic status, and potential for differentiation and germline transmission. By using small molecules, exogenous "master genes" are dispensable for cell fate reprogramming. This chemical reprogramming strategy has potential use in generating functional desirable cell types for clinical applications.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23868920 DOI： 10.1126/science.1239278
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728