W. Hu et al., «Direct conversion of normal and Alzheimer's disease
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Oct4, Sox2, c - Myc, and Klf4 were the four original factors that were capable of converting mouse and
human fibroblasts into iPs cells [1], [3], [5], [11], [12].
Not exact matches
Researchers used the CRISPR / Cas9 gene editing technique to introduce a segment of a
human gene causing Huntington's, with a very long glutamine repeat region,
into pig
fibroblast cells.
For the new study, the team used a cell - reprogramming technique (similar to those used to reprogram skin cells
into stem cells) to generate
human DRG - type sensory neurons from ordinary skin cells called
fibroblasts.
Human embryonic stem cells derived from affected embryos during a pre-implantation diagnostic (PGD), as well as the conversion of somatic cells, such as skin
fibroblasts,
into induced pluripotent stem cells by genetic manipulation, offer the unique opportunity to have access to a large spectrum of disease - specific cell models.
It has recently been demonstrated that mouse and
human fibroblasts can be reprogrammed
into an embryonic stem cell - like state by introducing combinations of four transcription factors.
Nectin - 1 / HveC mediates herpes simplex virus type - 1 entry
into primary
human sensory neurons and
fibroblasts.
They have already shown that they can transform
human fibroblast cells
into pluripotent stem cells, and now plan to start working on delivering the proteins needed to differentiate stem cells
into specialized tissues.
His research is focused on retinal regeneration by reprogramming
human fibroblasts either
into induced pluripotent stem cells or directly
into photoreceptors.
The researchers then successfully prodded what they call keratinocyte - derived iPS cells or KiPS cells to distinguish them from
fibroblast - derived iPS cells
into becoming all the cell types in the
human body, including heart muscle cells and dopamine - producing neurons, which are affected by Parkinson's disease.
«When we injected GMT
into each of the three types of
human fibroblasts, nothing happened — they never transformed — so we went back to the drawing board to look for additional genes that would help initiate the transformation,» said Gladstone Staff Scientist Ji - dong Fu, PhD, the study's lead author.
«Our findings here serve as a proof of concept that
human fibroblasts can be reprogrammed successfully
into beating heart cells.»
The research team began by injecting all candidate genes
into the
human fibroblasts.