A simple code for installing hepatocyte function.

Willenbring, Holger · Cell Stem Cell · 2011

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Forced lineage conversion of accessible cell types can supply scarce or inaccessible cells for research and therapy. Two papers in Nature now report the identification of transcription factors sufficient for inducing therapeutically effective hepatocyte function in fibroblasts (Huang et al., 2011; Sekiya and Suzuki, 2011).