These two observations suggest that worker reproduction is influenced by more plastic epigenetic processes than those of queen — worker differentiation — processes, it has been suggested, that could be analogous to
somatic cell reprogramming and transdifferentiation [36].
Reduced expression of Paternally Expressed Gene - 3 enhances
somatic cell reprogramming through mitochondrial activity perturbation, Scientific Reports.
Buganim Y, Faddah DA, and Jaenisch R, Mechanisms and models of
somatic cell reprogramming.
Ilda showed that the Paternally Expressed Gene - 3 (PEG 3) is a novel regulator of
somatic cell reprogramming.
Somatic cell reprogramming takes differentiated cells and returns them to a pluripotent state.
(2015) Myc and SAGA rewire an alternative splicing network during early
somatic cell reprogramming.
The sequential processes of
somatic cell reprogramming to create patient - specific hiPS cells, CRISPR / Cas9 gene editing, and single - cell cloning uniquely enable researchers to study how a specific genetic modification can influence function.
The U.S. patent office's database has more than 200 applications that mention
somatic cell reprogramming.
The November 2003 application describes a possible approach to
somatic cell reprogramming.
«Given everything we thought we knew about MYC and LIN41 at the time, we couldn't comprehend how these genes were so beneficial in
somatic cell reprogramming, but absolutely useless in tumor reprogramming.
Not exact matches
The ultimate goal of our laboratory is to generate ES - like
cells directly from
somatic cells by nuclear
reprogramming... which converts adult
cells back into embryonic state.
Subsequent procedures included mammalian
somatic cell nuclear transfer,
cell fusion, induction of pluripotency by ectopic gene expression, and direct
reprogramming.
The approach —
reprogramming somatic cells — promises to be a boon for regenerative medicine.
Reprogramming of adult
somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSCs) provides a powerful tool for in vitro disease modeling and drug screening.
KLF4 together with other
reprogramming transcription factors is used in the lab to force the expression of genes in
somatic cells (adult non-germline
cells) in the development of iPSCs.
But the favored
reprogramming technique,
somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), otherwise known as research cloning, is fraught with ethical pitfalls as well as technical difficulties because it entails creating a human embryo by inserting an adult
cell nucleus into an ooctye.
A better understand of the mechanism by which
somatic cells are
reprogrammed into pluripotent
cells is critical to ongoing work to understand and to treat disease.
Using a variety of methods to induce
somatic cells to become iPSCs, the researchers first found that in the early stages of
reprogramming, the transformation was consistently accompanied by an increase in ROS generation.
However, these problems associated with histocompatibility may be solved using autologous donor adult stem
cells, therapeutic cloning, stem
cell banks or more recently by
reprogramming of
somatic cells with defined factors (e.g. induced pluripotent stem
cells).
It can
reprogram human
somatic (nonreproductive)
cells, rewinding them back to an embryoniclike state.
To sum up, we have seen that
somatic cells of various origins, including human, can be lineage
reprogrammed into induced neurons.
First discovered a series of small molecules and conditions that can replace
reprogramming transcription factors and enhance
reprogramming efficiency in generating iPS
cells from
somatic cells.
It's just what we are telling in a metaphoric way to
somatic cells when we
reprogram them into neurons.
Factors that drive neuronal specification in the developing CNS, are good candidates for
reprogramming other
somatic cells into neurons in vitro and perhaps also in vivo.
Human pluripotent stem
cells from two sources today, one physiological embryonic stem
cells «ES» from the embryo, and the other experimental
cells «iPS» induced pluripotency by
reprogramming genetic
somatic cells.
Review conceptual and technical aspects of direct
reprogramming of
somatic cells, such as fibroblasts and astrocytes, into induced neurons.
BB: Thank you, Sarah, for this kind introduction and thanks to Abcam for organizing this webinar, and thank you, the audience, for attending this webinar about Direct
Reprogramming of
Somatic Cells into Induced Neurons.
Disease - specific human pluripotent stem
cells, from embryonic origin or derived from
reprogramming somatic cells, offer the unique opportunity to have access to a large spectrum of disease - specific
cell models.
When the
somatic cells are initially
reprogrammed with the 4 genes and then allowed to divide, do they go to a blastocyst - like stage in which
cells are taken to generate and perpetuate the iPS, or is it something different from that?
With the living evidence of Dolly, and other animals cloned from adult
cells, the idea that an adult
somatic cell could become a
reprogrammed embryonic - like
cell regained a spotlight in the scientific community.
In short, there is no blastocyst - like stage — when the
somatic cells are
reprogrammed, they're immediately cultured as
cells in normal adherent culture.
WIKIMEDIA, CSIROAfter human
somatic cells are
reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSCs), the resulting
cells retain both genetic and epigenetic indicators of the age of the person who donated the
somatic -
cell progenitors, scientists have found.
It will be important to discover how this procedure achieves
reprogramming of the
somatic genome and if the
cells are truly equivalent to those derived from IVF embryos but it is without question and important step forward.»
The
reprogramming of human
somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSCs) offers tremendous potential for
cell therapy, basic research, disease modeling, and drug development.
In the following year, the direct
reprogramming of human
somatic cells was accomplished [2], [3].
While studying a rare genetic disease, researchers discovered a signaling pathway linked to the efficiency of
reprogramming somatic cells into stem
cells.
Reprogramming human
somatic cells to pluripotency represents a valuable resource for the development of in vitro based models for human disease and holds tremendous potential for deriving patient - specific pluripotent stem
cells.
We also performed qRT - PCR to determine whether the retroviral OCT3 / 4 and KLF4 transgenes were silenced, which has been shown to be a reliable measure for efficient
reprogramming of
somatic cells into pluripotency [29].
This strategy takes advantage of the
cells «
somatic memory of origin» and novel
reprogramming strategies to make these
cells an effective and safe source of
cells for the treatment of cartilage defects and osteoarthritis.
The Cas9 / gRNA - modified fibroblasts were subjected to nuclear
reprogramming by
somatic cell nuclear transfer, resulting in live - born goats carrying single - gene mutation.
In 2012, Dr. Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that adult
somatic cells can be
reprogrammed into pluripotent
cells.
In the several years since those first reports, new advances in the derivation of hiPSCs from various tissue sources (including those from human patients) and using diverse
reprogramming techniques, and in their use as a pluripotent
cell source in the induced differentiation of a wide array of
somatic cell types, have appeared with almost startling rapidity.
Demonstrated that not a single «master» transcription factor, but rather a combination of factors, are important for
reprogramming of
cell fate from one
somatic lineage back to a pluripotent state.
Somatic cells can be
reprogrammed either by nuclear transfer into oocytes or by fusion with embryonic stem (ES)
cells.
The susceptibility of a
somatic cell to
reprogram may depend on how similar its transcriptional profile is to ESCs.
Genetic
reprogramming to a pluripotent state of mouse
somatic cells was first achieved by ectopic expression of four factors (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4 and c - Myc) using retroviruses [1].
We have shown that cyclic activation of the Wnt / b - catenin signalling pathway enhances
cell - fusion - mediated reprogramming of a variety of somatic cells (Lluis et al., Cell Stem Cell 2008, Marucci et
cell - fusion - mediated
reprogramming of a variety of
somatic cells (Lluis et al.,
Cell Stem Cell 2008, Marucci et
Cell Stem
Cell 2008, Marucci et
Cell 2008, Marucci et al..
While it has been demonstrated previously that more differentiated
cells demonstrate a lower
reprogramming efficiency [11] and different
somatic cell types possess differential
reprogramming ability [12], [13], no study to date, to our knowledge, has identified subpopulations of
cells within a primary
cell population possessing differential
reprogramming potential.
The choice of the
somatic cell for
reprogramming, the
reprogramming technology chosen, and the differentiation techniques utilised, all work synergistically towards the production of mature iPSCs - derived chondrocytes which are comparable to patient - derived chondrocytes, in line with Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines for an «off - the - shelf» stem
cell product.
This result suggests that further investigation into the identification and isolation of more purified subpopulations from patient - derived
somatic cell lines may result in further enhancement of the
reprogramming efficiency.