申请人:Weinstein David E.
公开号:US20100317711A1
公开(公告)日:2010-12-16
A new use is provided for small molecule inhibitors of Oct4 and Sox 2 as a cellular reprogramming agent and a method of reprogramming adult mammalian somatic cells into stem-like cells is provided, using small molecule inhibitors of Oct4 and Sox 2 without the need of any material derived from embryos or fetuses, and without the need of potentially harmful transfecting vectors. Stem-like cells created by the present invention can be induced to differentiate into terminally differentiated adult somatic cells, such as, for example, neuronal cells.
提供了一种新的用途,使用小分子抑制剂Oct4和Sox 2作为细胞重编程剂,提供了一种将成年哺乳动物体细胞重编程为类似干细胞的方法,使用Oct4和Sox 2的小分子抑制剂,无需使用任何来源于胚胎或胎儿的材料,也无需使用潜在有害的转染载体。本发明创建的类似干细胞可以诱导分化为终末分化的成年体细胞,例如神经元细胞。