Order from chaos: single cell reprogramming in two phases.

Pan, Guangjin; Pei, Duanqing · Cell Stem Cell · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is considered to be stochastic with a minute fraction of cells becoming pluripotent. Recently in Cell, Buganim et al. (2012) changed this view using single cell analyses to reveal a stochastic early and hierarchical late phase, with implications for productive alternative reprogramming strategies.