Direct conversion of human fibroblasts into retinal pigment epithelium-like cells by defined factors

Protein and Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-58

  Zhang, Kejing ^a   Liu, Guang Hui ^b   Yi, Fei ^c   Montserrat, Nuria ^d,e   Hishida, Tomoaki ^a   Esteban, Concepcion Rodriguez ^a   Izpisua Belmonte, Juan Carlos ^a,d  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTER OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE IN BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

direct conversion; fibroblasts; retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; PIGMENTATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84895153044     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-013-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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