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ArticleStem cell reports2018

Direct Conversion of Mouse Fibroblasts into Cholangiocyte Progenitor Cells.

Kyung Tae Lim, Jonghun Kim, Seon In Hwang, Ludi Zhang, Heonjong Han, Dasom Bae, Kee-Pyo Kim, Yi-Ping Hu, Hans R Schöler, Insuk Lee and 2 more

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Kyung Tae LimDepartment of Stem Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
Jonghun KimDepartment of Stem Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
Seon In HwangDepartment of Stem Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
Ludi ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Heonjong HanDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 04056, Republic of Korea.
Dasom BaeDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 04056, Republic of Korea.
Kee-Pyo KimDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Röntgenstrasse 20, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Yi-Ping HuDepartment of Cell Biology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Hans R SchölerDepartment of Stem Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Röntgenstrasse 20, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Insuk LeeDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 04056, Republic of Korea.
Lijian HuiState Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Dong Wook HanDepartment of Stem Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea; KU Open-Innovation Center, Institute of Biomedical Science & Technology, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea; Department of Advanced Translational Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: dwhan@konkuk.ac.kr.
Konkuk University · KRYonsei University · KRCenter for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science · CNMax Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine · DESecond Military Medical University · CNShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disorders of the biliary epithelium, known as cholangiopathies, cause severe and irreversible liver diseases. The limited accessibility of bile duct precludes modeling of several cholangiocyte-mediated diseases. Therefore, novel approaches for obtaining functional cholangiocytes with high purity are needed. Previous work has shown that the combination of Hnf1β and Foxa3 could directly convert mouse fibroblasts into bipotential hepatic stem cell-like cells, termed iHepSCs. However, the efficiency of converting fibroblasts into iHepSCs is low, and these iHepSCs exhibit extremely low differentiation potential into cholangiocytes, thus hindering the translation of iHepSCs to the clinic. Here, we describe that the expression of Hnf1α and Foxa3 dramatically facilitates the robust generation of iHepSCs. Notably, prolonged in vitro culture of Hnf1α- and Foxa3-derived iHepSCs induces a Notch signaling-mediated secondary conversion into cholangiocyte progenitor-like cells that display dramatically enhanced differentiation capacity into mature cholangiocytes. Our study provides a robust two-step approach for obtaining cholangiocyte progenitor-like cells using defined factors.

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Cell DifferentiationAnimalsBiliary TractEpithelial CellsFibroblastsHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alphaHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-gammaHepatocytesLiverMice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, NotchSignal TransductionStem CellsTranscription, GeneticFoxa3 protein, mouseHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alphaHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-gammaHnf1a protein, mouseReceptors, Notchcholangiocyte progenitor cellsdirect conversionhepatic stem cellsNotch signal

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