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March 22, 2012

Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts into Neural Stem Cells by Defined Factors

Dong Wook Han, Natalia Tapia, Andreas Hermann, Kathrin Hemmer, Susanne Höing, Marcos J. Araúzo-Bravo, Holm Zaehres, Guangming Wu, Stefan Frank, Sören Moritz, Boris Greber, Ji Hun Yang, Hoon Taek Lee, Jens C. Schwamborn, Alexander Storch, and Hans R. Schöler
10.1016/j.stem.2012.02.021
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Direct Conversion of Fibroblasts into Stably Expandable Neural Stem Cells

Marc Thier, Philipp Wörsdörfer, Yenal B. Lakes, Raphaela Gorris, Stefan Herms, Thoralf Opitz, Dominic Seiferling, Tamara Quandel, Per Hoffmann, Markus M. Nöthen, Oliver Brüstle, and Frank Edenhofer
10.1016/j.stem.2012.03.003
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Transcriptional Activation by Oct4 Is Sufficient for the Maintenance and Induction of Pluripotency
Fella Hammachi, Gillian M. Morrison, Alexei A. Sharov, Alessandra Livigni, Santosh Narayan, Eirini P. Papapetrou, James O’Malley, Keisuke Kaji, Minoru S.H. Ko, Mark Ptashne et al.
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23 February 2012 Cell Reports

ZNF750 Is a p63 Target Gene that Induces KLF4 to Drive Terminal Epidermal Differentiation
George L. Sen, Lisa D. Boxer, Dan E. Webster, Rose T. Bussat, Kun Qu, Brian J. Zarnegar, Danielle Johnston, Zurab Siprashvili, Paul A. Khavari
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23 February 2012 Developmental Cell

RYBP-PRC1 Complexes Mediate H2A Ubiquitylation at Polycomb Target Sites Independently of PRC2 and H3K27me3
Lígia Tavares, Emilia Dimitrova, David Oxley, Judith Webster, Raymond Poot, Jeroen Demmers, Karel Bezstarosti, Stephen Taylor, Hiroki Ura, Hiroshi Koide et al.
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17 February 2012 Cell

Activation of p53 by SIRT1 Inhibition Enhances Elimination of CML Leukemia Stem Cells in Combination with Imatinib
Ling Li, Lisheng Wang, Liang Li, Zhiqiang Wang, Yinwei Ho, Tinisha McDonald, Tessa L. Holyoake, WenYong Chen, Ravi Bhatia
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14 February 2012 Cancer Cell

Adult Murine Prostate Basal and Luminal Cells Are Self-Sustained Lineages that Can Both Serve as Targets for Prostate Cancer Initiation
Nahyun Choi, Boyu Zhang, Li Zhang, Michael Ittmann, Li Xin
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14 February 2012 Cancer Cell

The Vascular Endothelium of the Adipose Tissue Gives Rise to Both White and Brown Fat Cells
Khanh-Van Tran, Olga Gealekman, Andrea Frontini, Maria Cristina Zingaretti, Manrico Morroni, Antonio Giordano, Arianna Smorlesi, Jessica Perugini, Rita De Matteis, Andrea Sbarbati et al.
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8 February 2012 Cell Metabolism

Optimality in the Development of Intestinal Crypts
Shalev Itzkovitz, Irene C. Blat, Tyler Jacks, Hans Clevers, Alexander van Oudenaarden
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3 February 2012 Cell