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Table 1 Summary of reprogramming factors and transdifferentiated cell types

From: Direct cell reprogramming for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Cell Source

Transdifferentiation Method

Target Cell Type

Reprogramming Factors

References

Human Adult Dermal Fibroblast

Viral Vectors

Neurons

Brn2, Mty1l, miRNA-124

Ambasudhan et al. (2011) [22]

Human Adult Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Electroporation

 

Ascl1, Brn2, Myt1l, Ngn2

Tanabe et al. (2018) [27]

Human Striatum Astrocytes

Viral Vectors

 

Ascl1, Brn2, Myt1l

Torper et al. (2013) [40]

Murine Embryonic and Postnatal Fibroblasts

Viral Vectors

 

Ascl1, Brn2, Myt1l

Vierbuchen et al. (2010) [17]

Murine Bone Marrow Stromal Cells

Pharmacological Agents

 

Dimethylsulphoxide, butylated hydroxy-anisole, KCl, valproic acid, forskolin, hydrocortisone, insulin

Zurita et al. (2008) [41]

Human Neonatal Fibroblasts

Viral Vectors

Hepatocytes

Foxa2, Hnf4α, C/EBPβ, c-Myc

Kogiso et al. (2013) [23]

Human Embryonic Fibroblasts

Viral Vectors

 

Hnf1α, Hnf4α, Foxa3

Huang et al. (2014) [24]

Murine Pancreatic Cells

Pharmacological Agents

 

Dexamethasone, oncostatin M

Shen et al. (2003) [33]

Human Adult Fibroblasts

Viral Vectors

Endothelial Cells

ETV2

Morita et al. (2014) [4]

Murine Amniotic Cells

Viral Vectors

 

Sox17

Schachterle et al. (2017) [26]

Human Newborn Dermal and Lung Fibroblasts

Viral Vectors

Pharmacological Agents

 

Oct4, Sox2, KLF4, c-Myc

bFGF, βME

Margariti et al. (2012) [25]

Human Newborn Foreskin Fibroblasts

Pharmacological Agents

 

Polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid

Sayed et al. (2015) [12]

Murine Embryonic Fibroblasts

Pharmacological Agents

Skeletal Myocytes

5-azacytidine

Kaur et al. (2014) [13]

Murine Embryonic Fibroblasts

CRISPR/dCas9

 

Myod1

Chakraborty et al. (2014) [8]

Human Dermal Fibroblasts

Viral Vectors

Pharmacological Agents

 

Myod1

SB431542, Chir99021, EGF, IGF1

Boularaoui et al. (2018) [58]

Human Dermal Fibroblasts

Pharmacological Agents

Chondrocytes

Cartilage-derived morphogenetic protein 1

Yin et al. (2010) [61]

Mouse Dermal Fibroblast

Viral Vectors

 

c-Myc, KLF4, Sox9

Outani et al. (2013) [62]

Murine Adult Pancreatic Exocrine Cells

Viral Vectors (in situ)

Pancreatic β-Cells

Pdx1, Ngn3, Mafa

Zhou et al. (2008) [64]

Human Pancreatic Exocrine Cells

Viral Vectors

 

MAPK, STAT3

Lemper et al. (2015) [65]

Murine Cardiac Fibroblasts

Viral Vectors (in situ)

Cardiomyocytes

Gata4, Mef2c, Tbx5

Qian et al. (2012) [75]

Murine Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Pharmacological Agents

 

5-azacytidine, Zebularine

Naeem et al. (2013) [14]

Murine Cardiac Fibroblasts

Pharmacological Agents

 

miRNA-1, miRNA-133, miRNA-208, miRNA-499

Jayawardena et al. (2015) [85]

Murine Myoblasts

CRISPR/Cas9

Adipocytes

Myod1

Wang et al. (2017) [28]

Human Skeletal Muscle Fibroblasts

Pharmacological Agents

 

Dexamethasone, 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine, PPARγ agonists

Agley et al. (2013) [34]

Human Subcutaneous Adipocytes

Pharmacological Agents

Osteoblasts

Calcitriol, dexamethasone, ascorbic acid, and beta-glycerophosphate

Justesen et al. (2004) [35]

Murine Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells

Viral Vectors

 

Runx2

Zhang et al. (2006) [86]

Murine Preadipocytes

Viral Vectors

 

Runx2, MKP-1

Takahashi et al. (2011) [87]