During reprogramming of human fibroblasts to naïve iPSCs there is transient reactivation of transcripts with the characteristics of 8-cell-stage-embryos.
Transiently reprogramming human fibroblasts up to the maturation phase rejuvenates cells according to several aging markers whilst enabling them to return to their original identity.
Simone Bersini, Roberta Schulte ... Martin W Hetzer
Direct reprogramming of smooth muscle cells from HGPS patients revealed that BMP4 is a key contributor of vascular degeneration and might represent a new therapeutic target.
Mirko Francesconi, Bruno Di Stefano ... Thomas Graf
Variation in efficiency, speed and path during transdifferentiation and reprogramming originates from two pre-B cell subpopulations with reciprocal propensity towards each fate conversion.
Increased Notch signaling enhances germ cell reprograming in C. elegans by antagonizing PRC2-mediated repression, which results in the activation of UTX-1 and other reprograming-promoting genes.
Michael Borg, Ranjith K Papareddy ... Frédéric Berger
Epigenetic reprogramming of the distinct repressive marks H3K27me3 or H3K9me2 guides the transition between the haploid and diploid life forms that encompass the life cycle of land plants.
Wayne Mitchell, Ludger JE Goeminne ... Vadim N Gladyshev
Partial chemical reprogramming is able to reduce the biological age of cells by diverting them to a different metabolic state marked by a strong upregulation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation.