2016
Direct Reprogramming of Human Dermal Fibroblasts Into Endothelial Cells Using ER71/ETV2
Lee S, Park C, Han JW, Kim JY, Cho K, Kim EJ, Kim S, Lee SJ, Oh SY, Tanaka Y, Park IH, An HJ, Shin CM, Sharma S, Yoon YS. Direct Reprogramming of Human Dermal Fibroblasts Into Endothelial Cells Using ER71/ETV2. Circulation Research 2016, 120: 848-861. PMID: 28003219, PMCID: PMC5336520, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.116.309833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelial cellsPostnatal cellsCell therapyDermal fibroblastsMature endothelial cellsNew vessel formationEndothelial featuresHuman endothelial cellsHindlimb ischemiaIschemic hindlimbPathophysiological investigationsEndothelial transcription factorImmature phenotypeDay 7Therapeutic potentialVascular incorporationProangiogenic effectsMature phenotypeEndothelial characteristicsIschemiaVessel formationHuman dermal fibroblastsTranscription factorsTherapyDisease investigation
2012
Neuronal Properties, In Vivo Effects, and Pathology of a Huntington's Disease Patient‐Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Jeon I, Lee N, Li J, Park I, Park KS, Moon J, Shim SH, Choi C, Chang D, Kwon J, Oh S, Shin DA, Kim HS, Tae J, Lee DR, Kim M, Kang K, Daley GQ, Brundin P, Song J. Neuronal Properties, In Vivo Effects, and Pathology of a Huntington's Disease Patient‐Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells 2012, 30: 2054-2062. PMID: 22628015, DOI: 10.1002/stem.1135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHD-iPSCHD pathologyHuntington's diseaseDisease patientsNeuronal propertiesUnilateral excitotoxic striatal lesionExcitotoxic striatal lesionsSignificant behavioral recoveryStem cellsGABAergic striatal neuronsHuntington's disease patientsCAG repeatsNeuronal cell typesPluripotent stem cellsBehavioral recoveryGABAergic neuronsStriatal lesionsStriatal neuronsRat modelNeonatal brainNovel cell therapiesVivo effectsHD phenotypeCell therapyNovel therapeuticsCellular reprogramming: a novel tool for investigating autism spectrum disorders
Kim KY, Jung YW, Sullivan GJ, Chung L, Park IH. Cellular reprogramming: a novel tool for investigating autism spectrum disorders. Trends In Molecular Medicine 2012, 18: 463-471. PMID: 22771169, PMCID: PMC3785941, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2012.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduced pluripotent stem cellsNovel ASD genesUse of iPSCsHuman disease modelsPluripotent stem cellsSomatic cellsGenomic technologiesAdvanced geneticsASD genesCellular modelStem cellsScreening platformSmall moleculesDisease modelsNovel toolNeurodevelopmental disordersUnprecedented opportunityCellsGenesGeneticsCell therapyAutism spectrum disorderMurine modelFuture perspectivesReciprocal social interactionExcision of a Viral Reprogramming Cassette by Delivery of Synthetic Cre mRNA
Loh Y, Yang JC, De Los Angeles A, Guo C, Cherry A, Rossi DJ, Park I, Daley GQ. Excision of a Viral Reprogramming Cassette by Delivery of Synthetic Cre mRNA. Current Protocols In Stem Cell Biology 2012, 21: 4a.5.1-4a.5.16. PMID: 22605648, PMCID: PMC3397830, DOI: 10.1002/9780470151808.sc04a05s21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPluripotent stem cellsTransgene-free methodsHuman iPS cellsResidual transgene expressionPatient-specific induced pluripotent stem cellsIPS cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsStem cellsTransgene expressionFree humanHuman OCT4MRNA transfectionDrug screeningProtein transductionCre mRNADifferentiation potentialCell therapySingle vectorLow efficiencyCassetteRetroviral transfectionCre recombinaseEfficiencyTransfectionExperimental generation
2011
Induced pluripotent stem cells for neural tissue engineering
Wang A, Tang Z, Park IH, Zhu Y, Patel S, Daley GQ, Li S. Induced pluripotent stem cells for neural tissue engineering. Biomaterials 2011, 32: 5023-5032. PMID: 21514663, PMCID: PMC3100451, DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.03.070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic stem cellsTissue engineeringNeural tissue engineeringPluripotent stem cellsNanofibrous tubular scaffoldsRegenerative medicine applicationsStem cellsTissue-engineered nerve conduitNeural crest stem cellsDifferentiation of iPSCsTeratoma formationMedicine applicationsGreat promiseTremendous potentialIPSC differentiationEctodermal lineagesTubular scaffoldsMultipotent neural crest stem cellsCell therapyEngineeringHuman iPSCDifferent cell linesAccelerated regenerationScaffoldsIPSCs