Chemical Modulation of Cell Fate in Stem Cell Therapeutics and Regenerative Medicine

  • Cell Chem Biol. 2016 Aug 18;23(8):893-916. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2016.07.007.
Kai Liu  1 ,  Chen Yu  1 ,  Min Xie  1 ,  Ke Li  1 ,  Sheng Ding  2
Affiliations
  • 1. Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
  • 2. Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
PMID: 27524294 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2016.07.007
Abstract

Regenerative medicine aims to repair and regenerate injured tissues and restore their impaired functions. Recent developments in stem Cell Biology have attracted significant interest in their applications in regenerative medicine. Chemical approaches using small molecules have yielded exciting results in induction and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells, lineage conversion of somatic cells, and ex vivo as well as in vivo modulation of adult stem cells. In this review, we discuss recent progress, new insights, and future challenges of the chemical approaches in stem Cell Biology and regenerative medicine.

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