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Reprogramming Human Somatic Cells into Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Using Retroviral Vector with GFP
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Reprogramming Human Somatic Cells into Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Using Retroviral Vector with GFP
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08:25 min

April 03, 2012

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:28Infecting Cells with Retrovirus Expression Reprogramming Factors
  • 03:31Isolation and Expansion of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • 04:42Analysis of Pluripotent Markers by Immunofluorescence and Quantitative Real-time PCR
  • 06:06Representative Cell-reprogramming Results
  • 08:03Conclusion

Summary

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A method to generate human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) via retrovirus-mediated ectopic expression of OCT4, SOX2, KLF4 and MYC is described. A practical way to identify human iPSC colonies based on GFP expression is also discussed.

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