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ArticleStem cells and development2013

Derivation and characterization of induced pluripotent stem cells from equine fibroblasts.

Amandine Breton, Ruchi Sharma, Andrea Catalina Diaz, Alea Gillian Parham, Audrey Graham, Claire Neil, Christopher Bruce Whitelaw, Elspeth Milne, Francesc Xavier Donadeu

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Article in Stem cells and development, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Current and Emerging Biologic Therapies for Equine Tendon and Ligament Injuries.The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice · 2025
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  4. Prostate Cancer Stem Cells: Biology and Treatment Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  11. Perspectives of pluripotent stem cells in livestock.World journal of stem cells · 2021
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  13. Induced pluripotent stem cells from farm animals.Journal of animal science · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amandine BretonThe Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Ruchi Sharma
Andrea Catalina Diaz
Alea Gillian Parham
Audrey Graham
Claire Neil
Christopher Bruce Whitelaw
Elspeth Milne
Francesc Xavier Donadeu
Roslin Institute · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/05251442Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/05251443Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/05251444Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/05251445Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/20251969
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pluripotent stem cells offer unprecedented potential not only for human medicine but also for veterinary medicine, particularly in relation to the horse. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are particularly promising, as they are functionally similar to embryonic stem cells and can be generated in vitro in a patient-specific manner. In this study, we report the generation of equine iPSCs from skin fibroblasts obtained from a foal and reprogrammed using viral vectors coding for murine Oct4, Sox2, c-Myc, and Klf4 sequences. The reprogrammed cell lines were morphologically similar to iPSCs reported from other species and could be stably maintained over more than 30 passages. Immunostaining and polymerase chain reaction analyses revealed that these cell lines expressed an array of endogenous markers associated with pluripotency, including OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, REX1, LIN28, SSEA1, SSEA4, and TRA1-60. Furthermore, under the appropriate conditions, the equine iPSCs readily formed embryoid bodies and differentiated in vitro into cells expressing markers of ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm, and when injected into immunodeficient mice, gave raise to tumors containing differentiated derivatives of the 3 germ layers. Finally, we also reprogrammed fibroblasts from a 2-year-old horse. The reprogrammed cells were similar to iPSCs derived from neonatal fibroblasts in terms of morphology, expression of pluripotency markers, and differentiation ability. The generation of these novel cell lines constitutes an important step toward the understanding of pluripotency in the horse, and paves the way for iPSC technology to potentially become a powerful research and clinical tool in veterinary biomedicine.

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Antigens, DifferentiationCell DedifferentiationEmbryoid BodiesFibroblastsInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsTranscription FactorsAnimalsCells, CulturedHorsesHumansKruppel-Like Factor 4MiceAntigens, DifferentiationKLF4 protein, humanKlf4 protein, mouseKruppel-Like Factor 4Transcription Factors

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PMID22897112
PMCPMC3564467
OpenAlexW1982752306

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