Krüppel-like factors in mammalian stem cells and development

AB Bialkowska, VW Yang, SK Mallipattu - Development, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Krüppel-like factors (KLFs) are a family of zinc-finger transcription factors that are found in
many species. Recent studies have shown that KLFs play a fundamental role in regulating …

Liquid condensation of reprogramming factor KLF4 with DNA provides a mechanism for chromatin organization

R Sharma, KJ Choi, MD Quan, S Sharma… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Expression of a few master transcription factors can reprogram the epigenetic landscape
and three-dimensional chromatin topology of differentiated cells and achieve pluripotency …

Universal intracellular biomolecule delivery with precise dosage control

Y Cao, H Chen, R Qiu, M Hanna, E Ma, M Hjort… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Intracellular delivery of mRNA, DNA, and other large macromolecules into cells plays an
essential role in an array of biological research and clinical therapies. However, current …

Transcriptional control of somatic cell reprogramming

Y Xu, M Zhang, W Li, X Zhu, X Bao, B Qin… - Trends in cell …, 2016 - cell.com
Somatic cells and pluripotent cells display remarkable differences in most aspects of cell
function. Accordingly, somatic cell reprogramming by exogenous factors requires …

Synthetic genetic circuits to uncover the OCT4 trajectories of successful reprogramming of human fibroblasts

K Ilia, N Shakiba, T Bingham, RD Jones… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Reprogramming human fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is inefficient,
with heterogeneity among transcription factor (TF) trajectories driving divergent cell states …

CD24 tracks divergent pluripotent states in mouse and human cells

N Shakiba, CA White, YY Lipsitz… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Reprogramming is a dynamic process that can result in multiple pluripotent cell types
emerging from divergent paths. Cell surface protein expression is a particularly desirable …

Simple and effective generation of transgene-free induced pluripotent stem cells using an auto-erasable Sendai virus vector responding to microRNA-302

K Nishimura, M Ohtaka, H Takada, A Kurisaki… - Stem cell …, 2017 - Elsevier
Transgene-free induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are valuable for both basic research
and potential clinical applications. We previously reported that a replication-defective and …

Impact of the Monocarboxylate Transporter-1 (MCT1)-Mediated Cellular Import of Lactate on Stemness Properties of Human Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Cells

L Sandforth, N Ammar, LA Dinges, C Röcken, A Arlt… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metabolite exchange between stromal and tumor cells or among tumor cells themselves
accompanies metabolic reprogramming in cancer including pancreatic adenocarcinoma …

Enhanced generation of integration-free iPSCs from human adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells with an optimal combination of episomal vectors

W Wen, JP Zhang, J Xu, RJ Su, A Neises, GZ Ji… - Stem Cell Reports, 2016 - cell.com
We previously reported the generation of integration-free induced pluripotent stem cells from
adult peripheral blood (PB) with an improved episomal vector (EV) system, which uses the …

A role for KLF4 in promoting the metabolic shift via TCL1 during induced pluripotent stem cell generation

K Nishimura, S Aizawa, FL Nugroho, E Shiomitsu… - Stem Cell Reports, 2017 - cell.com
Reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is accompanied
by morphological, functional, and metabolic alterations before acquisition of full …