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. 2014 Apr 15;10(2):231–240. doi: 10.4161/org.28816

Table 1. Summary of previously reported cell state conversions.

Germ layer Target cell Species Parent cell Inducer Reference
Mesoderm Brown fat H, M Myoblast PRDM16, C/EBPβ 81
  Cardiomyocyte M Amniotic mesodermal cell Tbx5, Gata4, Baf60c 73
  Cardiomyocyte M Cardiac fibroblast Tbx5, Gata4, Mef2c 74
  Cardiomyocyte M Fibroblast Tbx5, Gata4, Mef2c, Hand2 75
  Cardiomyocyte M Fibroblast miR-1, miR-133, miR-208, miR-499 76
  Cardiomyocyte H Fibroblast TBX5, GATA4, HAND2, MYOCARDIN, miR-1, miR-133 77
  Cardiomyocyte H Fibroblast TBX5, GATA4, MEF2C, MYOCARDIN, ESRRG, MESP1, ZFPM2 78
  Chondrosarcoma H Placental cell T, BCL6, c-MYC, MITF, BAF60C 84
  Chondrocyte H, M Adult dermal fibroblast SOX9, c-MYC, KLF4 82,83
  Macrophage M Lymphoid precursor C/EBPα, PU.1 85
  Macrophage M β-cell C/EBPα 86
  Multilineage blood progenitors H Fibroblast OCT4, Cytokines 87
  Myocyte M Fibroblast MyoD 51
Endoderm Hepatocyte M Fibroblast Hnf4α, Foxa1, Foxa2, or Foxa3 79
  Hepatocyte-like cell M Fibroblast Gata4, Hnf1α, Foxa3, and inactivation of p19 (Arf) 80
  β-cell M Adult pancreatic exocrine cell Ngn3, Pdx1, Mafa 80
Ectoderm Dopaminergic neurons H, M Fibroblast ASCL1, NR4A2, LMX1A 88
  Dopaminergic neurons H Fibroblast ASCL1, BRN2, MYT1L, LMX1A, FOXA2 89
  Functional neuron-like cells H Fibroblast ASCL1, NGN2, small molecule 90
  Functional spinal motor neuron H, M Fibroblast Hb9, ISL1, LHX3, ASCL1, BRN2, MYT1L 91
  Neuron M Embryonic fibroblast Ascl1, Brn2, Myt1l 92
  Neuron H Fibroblast ASCL1, BRN2, MYT1L, NEUROD1 93
  Neuron H Fibroblast MYT1L, BRN2, miR-124 in differentiation medium 94
  Neuron H Fibroblast ASCL1, MYT1L, miR-9/9*, miR-124 95
  Neuronal cell H Fibroblast ASCL1, BRN2, MYT1L, OLIG2, ZIC1 96
  Tripotent neural progenitor M Fibroblast Brn2, Sox2, FoxG1 97

H, Human; M, Mouse.