Direct reprogramming of human astrocytes into neural stem cells and neurons

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 318, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1528-1541

  Corti, Stefania ^a   Nizzardo, Monica ^a   Simone, Chiara ^a   Falcone, Marianna ^a   Donadoni, Chiara ^a   Salani, Sabrina ^a   Rizzo, Federica ^a   Nardini, Martina ^a   Riboldi, Giulietta ^a   Magri, Francesca ^a   Zanetta, Chiara ^a   Faravelli, Irene ^a   Bresolin, Nereo ^a,b   Comi, Giacomo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Neural stem cells; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; HERMES ANTIGEN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL REPROGRAMMING; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84862006503     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.02.040     Document Type: Article

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