Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells From Human Hair Follicle Mesenchymal Stem Cells

December 2012 in “ Stem Cell Reviews and Reports ”

Yimei Wang, Jinyu Liu, Xiaohua Tan, Gaofeng Li, Yunhe Gao, Xuejuan Liu, Lihong Zhang, Yulin Li

induced pluripotent stem cells mesenchymal stem cells human hair follicles iPSCs hHF-MSCs Oct4 Sox2 c-Myc Klf4

Studysummary This study reports the successful generation of inducible pluripotent stem cells from mesenchymal stem cells derived from human hair follicles, marking a novel method of reprogramming these cells.

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