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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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338298/ |