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CELL
Volume 166, Issue 6, Pages 1386-1396Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.08.055
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- NHLBI/NIH
- L.K. Whittier Foundation
- William Younger Family Foundation
- Eugene Roddenberry Foundation
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
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Cellular reprogramming technology has created new opportunities in understanding human disease, drug discovery, and regenerative medicine. While a combinatorial code was initially found to reprogram somatic cells to pluripotency, a second generation'' of cellular reprogramming involves lineage-restricted transcription factors and microRNAs that directly reprogram one somatic cell to another. This technology was enabled by gene networks active during development, which induce global shifts in the epigenetic landscape driving cell fate decisions. A major utility of direct reprogramming is the potential of harnessing resident support cells within damaged organs to regenerate lost tissue by converting them into the desired cell type in situ. Here, we review the progress in direct cellular reprogramming, with a focus on the paradigm of in vivo reprogramming for regenerative medicine, while pointing to hurdles that must be overcome to translate this technology into future therapeutics.
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