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Stem Cell Biology
The January special issue of Cell Research on Stem Cell Biology brings together the latest reviews and articles in the field. Together with the accompanying web focus, Cell Research delves into our current understanding and investigates recent advances in various aspects of stem cell biology, cell reprogramming, and their relevance to diseases.
Reviews
Understanding cancer stem cell heterogeneity and plasticity FREE
Dean G Tang
Cell Res 22: 457-472; advance online publication, January 17, 2012; doi:10.1038/cr.2012.13
Modeling sarcomagenesis using multipotent mesenchymal stem cells FREE
Rene Rodriguez, Ruth Rubio and Pablo Menendez
Cell Res 22: 62-77; advance online publication, September 20, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.157
Original Articles
Genetic correction of β-thalassemia patient-specific iPS cells and its use in improving hemoglobin production in irradiated SCID mice FREE
Yixuan Wang, Chen-Guang Zheng, Yonghua Jiang, Jiqin Zhang, Jiayu Chen, Chao Yao, Qingguo Zhao, Sheng Liu, Ke Chen, Juan Du, Ze Yang and Shaorong Gao
Cell Res 22: 637-648; advance online publication, February 7, 2012; doi:10.1038/cr.2012.23
Direct reprogramming of human fibroblasts into dopaminergic neuron-like cells Open
Xinjian Liu, Fang Li, Elizabeth A Stubblefield, Barbara Blanchard, Toni L Richards, Gaynor A Larson, Yujun He, Qian Huang, Aik-Choon Tan, Dabing Zhang, Timothy A Benke, John R Sladek, Nancy R Zahniser and Chuan-Yuan Li
Cell Res 22: 321-332; advance online publication, November 22, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.181
Direct reprogramming of Sertoli cells into multipotent neural stem cells by defined factors FREE
Chao Sheng, Qinyuan Zheng, Jianyu Wu, Zhen Xu, Libin Wang, Wei Li, Haijiang Zhang, Xiao-Yang Zhao, Lei Liu, Ziwei Wang, Changlong Guo, Hua-Jun Wu, Zhonghua Liu, Liu Wang, Shigang He, Xiu-Jie Wang, Zhiguo Chen and Qi Zhou
Cell Res 22: 208-218; advance online publication, November 8, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.175
TGFβ inhibition enhances the generation of hematopoietic progenitors from human ES cell-derived hemogenic endothelial cells using a stepwise strategy FREE
Chengyan Wang, Xuming Tang, Xiaomeng Sun, Zhenchuan Miao, Yaxin Lv, Yanlei Yang, Huidan Zhang, Pengbo Zhang, Yang Liu, Liying Du, Yang Gao, Ming Yin, Mingxiao Ding and Hongkui Deng
Cell Res 22: 194-207; advance online publication, August 23, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.138
Defining the nature of human pluripotent stem cell progeny FREE
Michaela Patterson, David N. Chan, Iris Ha, Dana Case, Yongyan Cui, Ben Van Hande, Hanna KA Mikkola and William E Lowry
Cell Res 22: 178-193; advance online publication, August 16, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.133
The metabolome of induced pluripotent stem cells reveals metabolic changes occurring in somatic cell reprogramming FREE
Athanasia D Panopoulos, Oscar Yanes, Sergio Ruiz, Yasuyuki S Kida, Dinh Diep, Ralf Tautenhahn, Aída Herrerías, Erika M Batchelder, Nongluk Plongthongkum, Margaret Lutz, W Travis Berggren, Kun Zhang, Ronald M Evans, Gary Siuzdak and Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte
Cell Res 22: 168-177; advance online publication, November 8, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.177
Oct4 links multiple epigenetic pathways to the pluripotency network FREE
Junjun Ding, Huilei Xu, Francesco Faiola, Avi Ma'ayan and Jianlong Wang
Cell Res 22: 155-167; advance online publication, November 15, 2011; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.179
Highly efficient derivation of ventricular cardiomyocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells with a distinct epigenetic signature FREE
Huansheng Xu, B Alexander Yi, Hao Wu, Christoph Bock, Hongcang Gu, Kathy O Lui, Joo-Hye C Park, Ying Shao, Alyssa K Riley, Ibrahim J Domian, Erding Hu, Robert Willette, John Lepore, Alexander Meissner, Zhong Wang and Kenneth R Chien
Cell Res 22: 142-154; advance online publication, November 8, 2012; doi:10.1038/cr.2011.171
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