Direct reprogramming of human umbilical vein- and peripheral blood-derived endothelial cells into hepatic progenitor cells.

ABSTRACT: Recent advances have enabled the direct induction of human tissue-specific stem and progenitor cells from differentiated somatic cells. However, it is not known whether human hepatic progenitor cells (hHepPCs) can be generated from other cell types by direct lineage reprogramming with defined transcription factors. Here, we show that a set of three transcription factors, FOXA3, HNF1A, and HNF6, can induce human umbilical vein endothelial cells to directly acquire the properties of hHepPCs. These induced hHepPCs (hiHepPCs) propagate in long-term monolayer culture and differentiate into functional hepatocytes and cholangiocytes by forming cell aggregates and cystic epithelial spheroids, respectively, under three-dimensional culture conditions. After transplantation, hiHepPC-derived hepatocyt

SUBMITTER: Inada H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578104 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature