Over 50 years of efforts, cellular reprogram- ruing opens a new door for disease modeling and regen- erative medicine. Although induction of pluripotency by transcription factors has become common, only a small portio...Over 50 years of efforts, cellular reprogram- ruing opens a new door for disease modeling and regen- erative medicine. Although induction of pluripotency by transcription factors has become common, only a small portion of basic mechanisms of epigenetic modifications during this process have been revealed. To clearly under- stand reprogramming and devise ways to promote full transition towards pluripotency, we must gain insight from comprehensive characterizations of cells at distinct repro- gramming stages, which involves gene expression profil- ing, chromatin state maps of key activating and repressive marks, and DNA modifications. Here, we review recent advances in epigenetic reprogramming to pluripotency with a focus on the principal molecular regulators and attach importance to the combination of high-throughput sequencing and systematic biology approaches in uncov- ering underlying molecular mechanisms of this unique platform in future researches.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31325019,91319306 and31401247)Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2015CB964800 and 2014CB964601)
文摘Over 50 years of efforts, cellular reprogram- ruing opens a new door for disease modeling and regen- erative medicine. Although induction of pluripotency by transcription factors has become common, only a small portion of basic mechanisms of epigenetic modifications during this process have been revealed. To clearly under- stand reprogramming and devise ways to promote full transition towards pluripotency, we must gain insight from comprehensive characterizations of cells at distinct repro- gramming stages, which involves gene expression profil- ing, chromatin state maps of key activating and repressive marks, and DNA modifications. Here, we review recent advances in epigenetic reprogramming to pluripotency with a focus on the principal molecular regulators and attach importance to the combination of high-throughput sequencing and systematic biology approaches in uncov- ering underlying molecular mechanisms of this unique platform in future researches.
