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21285354

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
Reprogramming of somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be achieved by the delivery of a combination of transcription factors, including Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc. Retroviral and lentiviral vectors are commonly used to express these four reprogramming factors separately and obtain reprogrammed iPS cells. Although efficient and reproducible, these approaches involve the time-consuming and labor-intensive production of retroviral or lentiviral particles together with a high risk of working with potentially harmful viruses overexpressing potent oncogenes, such as c-Myc. Here, we describe a simple method to produce bona fide iPS cells from human fibroblasts using poly-?-amino esters as the transfection reagent for the delivery of a single CAG-driven polycistronic plasmid expressing Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, c-Myc, and a GFP reporter gene (OSKMG). We demonstrate for the first time that poly-?-amino esters can be used to deliver a single polycistronic reprogramming vector into human fibroblasts, achieving significantly higher transfection efficiency than with conventional transfection reagents. After a protocol of serial transfections using poly-?-amino esters, we report a simple methodology to generate human iPS cells from human fibroblasts avoiding the use of viral vectors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1083-351X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
286
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
12417-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Simple generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells using poly-beta-amino esters as the non-viral gene delivery system.
pubmed:affiliation
Center of Regenerative Medicine of Barcelona, Doctor Aiguader 88, p7, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't