Characterization of induced neural progenitors from skin fibroblasts by a novel combination of defined factors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tian, Changhai ^a,b   Liu, Qiang ^d   Ma, Kangmu ^b   Wang, Yongxiang ^b   Chen, Qiang ^b   Ambroz, Randall ^b   Klinkebiel, David L ^c   Li, Yuju ^b   Huang, Yunlong ^b   Ding, Jianqing ^e   Wu, Jie ^d   Zheng, Jialin C ^b,c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84874642686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01345     Document Type: Article

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