Pluripotency gene expression and growth control in cultures of peripheral blood monocytes during their conversion into programmable cells of monocytic origin (PCMO): evidence for a regulatory role of autocrine activin and TGF-β.

Previous studies have shown that peripheral blood monocytes can be converted in vitro to a stem cell-like cell termed PCMO as evidenced by the re-expression of pluripotency-associated genes, transient proliferation, and the ability to adopt the phenotype of hepatocytes and insulin-producing cells up...

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Main Authors: Hendrik Ungefroren, Ayman Hyder, Hebke Hinz, Stephanie Groth, Hans Lange, Karim M Fawzy El-Sayed, Sabrina Ehnert, Andreas K Nüssler, Fred Fändrich, Frank Gieseler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118097