Reprogramming of human somatic cells to pluripotency with defined factors.
Journal:
Nature 2008 JanAuthors:
Park IH, Zhao R, West JA, Yabuuchi A, Huo H, Ince TA, Lerou PH, Lensch MW, Daley GQ
Abstract
Pluripotency pertains to the cells of early embryos that can generate all of the tissues in the organism. Embryonic stem cells are embryo-derived cell lines that retain pluripotency and represent invaluable tools for research into the mechanisms of tissue formation. Recently, murine fibroblasts have been reprogrammed directly to pluripotency by ectopic expression of four transcription factors (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4 and Myc) to yield induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. Using these same factors, we h
...[more]ave derived iPS cells from fetal, neonatal and adult human primary cells, including dermal fibroblasts isolated from a skin biopsy of a healthy research subject. Human iPS cells resemble embryonic stem cells in morphology and gene expression and in the capacity to form teratomas in immune-deficient mice. These data demonstrate that defined factors can reprogramme human cells to pluripotency, and establish a method whereby patient-specific cells might be established in culture.[less]
Mesh Headings:
Adult, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cell Shape, Cells, Cultured, DNA Methylation, DNA-Binding Proteins, Embryonic Stem Cells, Fetus, Fibroblasts, Gene Expression Profiling, HMGB Proteins, Homeodomain Proteins, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors, Mice, Octamer Transcription Factor-3, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, SOXB1 Transcription Factors, Teratoma, Transcription Factors, Transplantation, Heterologous