Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

A stably self-renewing adult blood-derived induced neural stem cell exhibiting patternability and epigenetic rejuvenation

  • Chao Sheng,
  • Johannes Jungverdorben,
  • Hendrik Wiethoff,
  • Qiong Lin,
  • Lea J. Flitsch,
  • Daniela Eckert,
  • Matthias Hebisch,
  • Julia Fischer,
  • Jaideep Kesavan,
  • Beatrice Weykopf,
  • Linda Schneider,
  • Dominik Holtkamp,
  • Heinz Beck,
  • Andreas Till,
  • Ullrich Wüllner,
  • Michael J. Ziller,
  • Wolfgang Wagner,
  • Michael Peitz,
  • Oliver Brüstle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06398-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Induced neurons, but not induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons, preserve age-related traits. Here, the authors demonstrate that blood-derived induced neural stem cells (iNSCs), despite lacking a pluripotency transit, lose age-related signatures.