Open AccessMethods of induced pluripotent stem cells for clinical application
Author(s) -
Tomohisa Seki,
Keiichi Fukuda
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of stem cells
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1948-0210
DOI - 10.4252/wjsc.v7.i1.116
Subject(s) - induced pluripotent stem cell , embryonic stem cell , regenerative medicine , medicine , stem cell , somatic cell , human induced pluripotent stem cells , neuroscience , bioinformatics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , genetics
Reprograming somatic cells using exogenetic gene expression represents a groundbreaking step in regenerative medicine. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are expected to yield novel therapies with the potential to solve many issues involving incurable diseases. In particular, applying iPSCs clinically holds the promise of addressing the problems of immune rejection and ethics that have hampered the clinical applications of embryonic stem cells. However, as iPSC research has progressed, new problems have emerged that need to be solved before the routine clinical application of iPSCs can become established. In this review, we discuss the current technologies and future problems of human iPSC generation methods for clinical use.