期刊
NEURON
卷 78, 期 5, 页码 785-798出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.05.029
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- Ellison Medical Foundation [AG-NS-0709-10]
- NIH [P50 AG010770-18A1, R01 MH092931, P50 MH086403]
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine [RT2-02061]
- Department of Defense [PR100175P1]
- Berry Foundation
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Society for Medical Research
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Available methods for differentiating human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs) into neurons are often cumbersome, slow, and variable. Alternatively, human fibroblasts can be directly converted into induced neuronal (IN) cells. However, with present techniques conversion is inefficient, synapse formation is limited, and only small amounts of neurons can be generated. Here, we show that human ESCs and iPSCs can be converted into functional IN cells with nearly 100% yield and purity in less than 2 weeks by forced expression of a single transcription factor. The resulting ES-iN or iPS-iN cells exhibit quantitatively reproducible properties independent of the cell line of origin, form mature pre- and postsynaptic specializations, and integrate into existing synaptic networks when transplanted into mouse brain. As illustrated by selected examples, our approach enables large-scale studies of human neurons for questions such as analyses of human diseases, examination of human-specific genes, and drug screening.
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