Enhanced efficiency of generating induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from human somatic cells by a combination of six transcription factors

Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 600-603

  Liao, Jing ^a   Wu, Zhao ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Cheng, Lu ^a   Cui, Chun ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a   Chen, Taotao ^a   Rao, Lingjun ^a   Chen, Siye ^a   Jia, Nannan ^a   Dai, Huiming ^a   Xin, Shunmei ^a   Kang, Jiuhong ^a   Pei, Gang ^a   Xiao, Lei ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LIN 28 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIN-28 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MYC PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN, HUMAN; NANOG PROTEIN, HUMAN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; POU5F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SOX-2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LENTIVIRINAE; LETTER; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREPUCE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; FORESKIN; HMGB PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

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EID: 43049084102     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2008.51     Document Type: Letter

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