Method of effecting de-differentiation of a cell
First Claim
1. A method of reprogramming a cell to produce a cell with pluripotency and self-renewing characteristics, the method comprising increasing the amount or activity of an estrogen-related (Err) protein, or a functional fragments thereof, Oct4, Sox2, and c-Myc in a cultured cell, wherein the cultured cell is a cultured somatic cell, a cultured precursor cell, or a cultured partially differentiated stem cell and wherein the Err protein is one of an Esrrb protein and Esrrg protein.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of effecting de-differentiation of an at least partially differentiated cell or of maintaining pluripotency and/or self-renewing characteristics of an undifferentiated cell. The method comprises increasing the amount or the activity of an Err protein, or a functional fragment thereof, in the cell.
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- 1. A method of reprogramming a cell to produce a cell with pluripotency and self-renewing characteristics, the method comprising increasing the amount or activity of an estrogen-related (Err) protein, or a functional fragments thereof, Oct4, Sox2, and c-Myc in a cultured cell, wherein the cultured cell is a cultured somatic cell, a cultured precursor cell, or a cultured partially differentiated stem cell and wherein the Err protein is one of an Esrrb protein and Esrrg protein.
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