A chemical platform for improved induction of human iPSCs (original) (raw)

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The slow kinetics and low efficiency of reprogramming methods to generate human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) impose major limitations on their utility in biomedical applications. Here we describe a chemical approach that dramatically improves (200-fold) the efficiency of iPSC generation from human fibroblasts, within seven days of treatment. This will provide a basis for developing safer, more efficient, nonviral methods for reprogramming human somatic cells.

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This work was supported by funding from US National Institutes of Health and Fate Therapeutics to S.D. We thank C.V. Wright (Vanderbilt University medical center) for the gift of Pdx1 antibody, R. Coleman for the assistance in the preparation of the manuscript and all the members of Ding lab for helpful discussions.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
    Tongxiang Lin, Rajesh Ambasudhan, Xu Yuan, Wenlin Li, Simon Hilcove, Ramzey Abujarour, Xiangyi Lin, Heung Sik Hahm & Sheng Ding
  2. Department of Pediatrics, The Whittier Institute for Diabetes, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
    Ergeng Hao & Alberto Hayek

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  1. Tongxiang Lin
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  2. Rajesh Ambasudhan
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T.L. and S.D. initiated the study. S.D., R. Am. and T.L. made the hypothesis, designed the experiments and wrote the manuscript. T.L., R. An, X.Y., H.S.H., and W.L. conducted the experiments. S.H., R. Ab. and X.L. provided assistance in some of the experiments. E.H. generated teratomas, and A.H. supervised E.H. S.D. supervised the study.

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Lin, T., Ambasudhan, R., Yuan, X. et al. A chemical platform for improved induction of human iPSCs.Nat Methods 6, 805–808 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1393

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