Treating Liver Fibrosis: (Re)Programmed to Succeed.

Guan, Yuan; Xu, Dan; Peltz, Gary · Cell Stem Cell · 2016

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Two papers (Rezvani et al., 2016; Song et al., 2016) in this issue of Cell Stem Cell use transcription-factor-mediated reprogramming to convert liver myofibroblasts into hepatocyte-like cells in mice. Moreover, murine models of fibrotic and cholestatic liver injury were used to demonstrate that this approach has potential for treatment of liver cirrhosis.

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