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.