Stepwise reprogramming of liver cells to a pancreas progenitor state by the transcriptional regulator Tgif2

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Cerdá Esteban, Nuria ^a   Naumann, Heike ^a   Ruzittu, Silvia ^a   Mah, Nancy ^a,b   Pongrac, Igor M ^a   Cozzitorto, Corinna ^a   Hommel, Angela ^c   Andrade Navarro, Miguel A ^a,d   Bonifacio, Ezio ^c   Spagnoli, Francesca M ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THREE AMINO ACID LOOP EXTENSION HOMEOBOX TG INTERACTING FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TG-INTERACTING FACTOR 2, MOUSE;

ADULT; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DIABETES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; RODENT;

ADULT; AKITA MOUSE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PANCREAS CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROGENITOR CELL LINE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIVER; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PANCREAS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 85012284089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14127     Document Type: Article

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