Direct reprogramming of adult adipose-derived regenerative cells toward cardiomyocytes using six transcriptional factors
Shingo Narita, Kazumasa Unno, Katsuhiro Kato, Yusuke Okuno, Yoshitaka Sato, Yusuke Tsumura, Yusuke Fujikawa, Yuuki Shimizu, Ryo Hayashida, Kazuhisa Kondo, Rei Shibata, Toyoaki Murohara
Abstract
resulted in the improvement of survival rate, fractional shortening, and reduction of infarction scar area. This study provides an alternative method for direct reprogramming of adult ADRCs into cardiomyocytes.
Topics & Concepts
ReprogrammingMedicineGreen fluorescent proteinMyocyteInternal medicineBioinformaticsCardiologyGeneGeneticsBiologyPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchTissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineCongenital heart defects research