Starter Guide to induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Part 2: Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation
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Blog Post
...from more cycles of proliferation
Less
Cell types
All types
Less
Ease of genetic correction
Easy
Difficult...potential to produce all cell types in the body. On the other hand, only few cell types have been currently transdifferentiated...iPSCs have now been generated from many different types of somatic cells. The goal is to use cells that ... lineages [13]. Over the last decade, many cell types have been successfully differentiated from human...human iPSCs. Below is a list of some of these cell types [13]:
Germ cells [14]
Hepatocytes [15]
Pancreatic...for in vivo transdifferentiation. Multiple cell types such as fibroblasts, hepatocytes, and pancreatic...transdifferentiation is suited for switching cell types between similar lineages, reprogramming is more ...