Starter Guide to induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Part 2: Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation
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...into two stages:
Dedifferentiation - Conversion of adult somatic cells into the pluripotent state.
Redifferentiation...differentiated somatic cell reverts back to a pluripotent state, which then proliferates and is redifferentiated...lineage, without dedifferentiating into a pluripotent stage.
Cellular reprogramming
The reversal of a differentiated...differentiated cell type to an undifferentiated state and then redifferentiation into the cell type of choice...differentiated cells of choice.
The dedifferentiation stage involves overexpression of four reprogramming factors...differentiated somatic cell to revert back to a pluripotent stage (iPSC formation) [2, 3]. The iPSCs then proliferate...reprogrammed to iPSCs successfully [10-12].
The next stage of reprogramming consists of redifferentiation of...