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Induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts by defined factors

Anne-Claire Guenantin, Senior Scientist at bit.bio, presenting seminal paper: Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors (Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki, Megumi Narita, Tomoko Ichisaka, Kiichiro Tomoda, Shinya Yamanaka)
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Induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts by defined factors

Anne-Claire Guenantin

Senior Scientist

bit.bio

Anne-Claire Guenantin, Senior Scientist at bit.bio, presenting seminal paper: Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors (Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki, Megumi Narita, Tomoko Ichisaka, Kiichiro Tomoda, Shinya Yamanaka)
Induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts by defined factors

Anne-Claire Guenantin

Senior Scientist

bit.bio

Successful reprogramming of differentiated human somatic cells into a pluripotent state would allow creation of patient- and disease-specific stem cells. We previously reported generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, capable of germline transmission, from mouse somatic cells by transduction of four defined transcription factors. Here, we demonstrate the generation of iPS cells from adult human dermal fibroblasts with the same four factors: Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc. Human iPS cells were similar to human embryonic stem (ES) cells in morphology, proliferation, surface antigens, gene expression, epigenetic status of pluripotent cell-specific genes, and telomerase activity. Furthermore, these cells could differentiate into cell types of the three germ layers in vitro and in teratomas.

These findings demonstrate that iPS cells can be generated from adult human fibroblasts. Cell 2007 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2007.11.019

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Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki, Megumi Narita, Tomoko Ichisaka, Kiichiro Tomoda, Shinya Yamanaka

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