Transcription factor-mediated reprograming of fibroblasts to hepatocyte-like cells

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 603-610

  Pournasr, Behshad ^a,b   Asghari Vostikolaee, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Baharvand, Hossein ^a,b  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Direct conversion; Hepatic specific transcription factors; Hepatocyte like cells; Yamanaka factors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3GAMMA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 6; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEBPA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NR1I2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ONECUT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; UREA CYCLE; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; CULTURE MEDIA; FIBROBLASTS; GLYCOGEN; HEK293 CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MICE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84951137927     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: 16181298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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