Highly efficient direct conversion of human fibroblasts to neuronal cells by chemical compounds

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 166-170

  Dai, Ping ^a   Harada, Yoshinori ^a   Takamatsu, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical compounds; Direct conversion; Human fibroblasts; Neuronal cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 [4 (1,3 BENZODIOXOL 5 YL) 5 (2 PYRIDINYL) 1H IMIDAZOL 2 YL]BENZAMIDE; 6 [4 (1 PIPERAZINYL)PHENYL] 3 (4 QUINOLINYL)PYRAZOLO[1,5 A]PYRIMIDINE; 6 [[2 [[4 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 METHYL 1H IMIDAZOL 2 YL) 2 PYRIMIDINYL]AMINO]ETHYL]AMINO]NICOTINONITRILE; BETA TUBULIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CYTOKINE INDUCED NEUTROPHIL CHEMOATTRACTANT; FORSKOLIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N (2,3 DIHYDROXYPROPOXY) 3,4 DIFLUORO 2 (2 FLUORO 4 IODOANILINO)BENZAMIDE; PIFITHRIN ALPHA; PROTEIN P53; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84929618337     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.15-39     Document Type: Article

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