Reduced expression of Paternally Expressed Gene - 3 enhances somatic
cell reprogramming through mitochondrial activity perturbation, Scientific Reports.
In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, who first created induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and his colleagues at the Gladstone Institutes found a way to increase the efficiency of stem
cell reprogramming through research on a rare genetic disease.
Not exact matches
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have pinpointed two molecules that boost
reprogramming of
cells — a process
through which
cells of one type can be converted to another.
Scientists have rolled back time for live mice
through systemic cellular
reprogramming, according to a study published December 15 in
Cell.
One of the mechanisms being studied is
reprogramming through cell fusion.
There are currently several lines of research that explore the possibility of tissue regeneration
through cell reprogramming.
The sponge is implanted under the skin, and is designed to recruit and
reprogram a patient's own immune
cells «on site,» instructing them to travel
through the body, home in on cancer
cells, then kill them.
This webinar will cover the following topics: first, I will try to explain, in a few slides, the basic concept underlying direct lineage
reprogramming; that is the
reprogramming of one
cell type into another without going
through a pluripotent intermediate.
Understanding these pathways, and the identification of the key proteins that control the ability of cancer
cells to
reprogram their metabolism
through biochemical, and epigenetic or genetic alterations that make them resistant to therapies, is of paramount importance for the design of more targeted and therefore less toxic therapies.
In vivo conversion of Müller glia into photoreceptors
through cell fusion - mediated
reprogramming.
Further, we have demonstrated for the first time that a
cell's identity can be
reprogrammed to convert into a completely unrelated lineage, without their removal from the body (in vivo) and without passage
through a stem
cell intermediate.
Melton is also a pioneer in direct cellular
reprogramming research — the transformation of one type of adult
cell into another, without first going
through a stem
cell state.
Many, if not all, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes induce metabolic
reprogramming in cancer
cells through changes in the regulation of enzymes and transporters.
Created in 2005
through a collaboration between Inserm — National Institute of Health and Medical Research — and AFM - Telethon — French Association against Myopathies — I - Stem is the largest French laboratory for research and development dedicated to human pluripotent stem
cells, of embryonic origin or obtained by
reprogramming gene.
And two studies published this summer in Nature Biotechnology found that direct conversion methods to produce neural stem
cells that employ the traditional
reprogramming genes actually pass the
cells through a pluripotent step.
The technology
reprograms cells through a device that uses nanotechnology.