ea0050apw1.1 | Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine in Endocrinology | SFEBES2017
Ariyachet Chaiyaboot
, Lu Jiaqi
, Kim Hyunkee
, Zhou Qiao
Generating functional insulin-secreting cells is a major goal of developing cell therapies for diabetes. Studies have shown that insulin+ cells can be derived from non-beta cells by cellular reprogramming. We carried out a genetic screen in mouse to identify adult cell types amenable for direct conversion to insulin+ cells by a cocktail of reprogramming factors (Ngn3, Pdx1, and Mafa, termed NPM factors). Surprisingly, the antral stomach epithelial cells w...