A culture system similar to the embryonal microenvironment supports transdifferentiation in human leiomyoma cells

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Current research on stem cells and regenerative medicine indicates new perspectives on the relationship between differentiation and gene information. Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells need the artificial gene expression of the somatic cell, which is related to initialization. Paradoxically, that means that cell differentiation depends on almost all the gene information stored precisely in the nucleus of a somatic cell, plus the transformation of gene expression. Our research team tried to identify the culture conditions in the transdifferentiation of human leiomyoma cells, closely similar to the early embryonal stage, composed of various factors (hypoxia, non-serum, and regulation of cell adhesion molecules such as Wnt/β-catenin signaling). As a result, inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin signaling under serum starvation and hypoxia induces adipocytic transdifferentiation in human leiomyoma cells. Here we explain this unique culture system, referring to the components of intracellular mechanisms and the extracellular microenvironment in embryo development.

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Harada, H. (2019). A culture system similar to the embryonal microenvironment supports transdifferentiation in human leiomyoma cells. Journal of UOEH, 41(2), 193–201. https://doi.org/10.7888/juoeh.41.193

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