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ArticleJournal of molecular and cellular cardiology2025

Sox17 and Erg synergistically activate endothelial cell fate in reprogramming fibroblasts.

Gregory Farber, Paige Takasugi, Shea Ricketts, Haofei Wang, Yifang Xie, Esther Farber, Jiandong Liu, Li Qian

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Article in Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Direct in vivo reprogramming to relieve tissue ischemia via induced vasculogenesis.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Gregory FarberThe McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Paige TakasugiThe McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Shea RickettsThe McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Haofei WangThe McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Yifang XieThe McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Esther FarberThe McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Jiandong LiuThe McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Li QianThe McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: li_qian@med.unc.edu.

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Deborah F. Tate · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
Altering Cardiac Cell Fate for Heart RepairR35HL155656 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Li Qian · 2021 to 2026
$5.5M
Macrophage functional dynamics in adult heart regenerationR01HL164933 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Jiandong Liu · 2023 to 2026
$2.4M
The role of RNA-binding protein Lin28a in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyR01HL139976 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIU, JIANDONG · 2019 to 2022
$2.1M
Molecular regulation of ventricular chamber maturationR01HL139880 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIU, JIANDONG · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Role of RBP in programming and reprogramming of cardiac fibroblastsR01HL174774 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Jiandong Liu · 2024 to 2026
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139880NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139976NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL164933NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL174774NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL155656
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sox17-Erg direct reprogramming is a potent tool for the in vitro and in vivo generation of arterial-like induced-endothelial cells from fibroblasts. In this study, we illustrate the pioneering roles of both Sox17 and Erg in the endothelial cell reprogramming process and demonstrate that emergent gene expression only occurs when both factors are co-expressed. Bioinformatic analyses and molecular validation reveal both Bach2 and Etv4 as integral mediators of Sox17-Erg reprogramming with different roles in lung and heart fibroblast reprogramming. The generated organ-specific induced endothelial cells express molecular signatures similar to vasculature found in the starting cell's organ of origin and the starting chromatin architecture plays a role in the acquisition of this organ-specific identity. Overall, the Sox17-Erg reprogramming mechanism provides foundational knowledge for the future recapitulation of vascular heterogeneity through direct reprogramming.

Indexed as

Cell LineageCellular ReprogrammingEndothelial CellsFibroblastsHMGB ProteinsSOXF Transcription FactorsAnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansLungMiceOncogene ProteinsTranscriptional Regulator ERGERG protein, mouseHMGB ProteinsOncogene ProteinsSox17 protein, mouseSOXF Transcription FactorsTranscriptional Regulator ERGDirect reprogrammingEndothelial cell identityiEC reprogramming

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PMID39689498
PMCPMC11883746

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