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Gene Synthesis> | Mouse Hnf4a, Foxa1, Foxa2, Foxa3, Gata4, Gata6, and Cdx2 cDNAs and human HNF4A and FOXA3 cDNAs were obtained by RT-PCR, and human GATA6 and CDX2 cDNAs were purchased from GenScript. | Get A Quote |
Intestinal organoids hold great promise as a valuable tool for studying and treating intestinal diseases. The currently available sources of human intestinal organoids, tissue fragments or pluripotent stem cells, involve invasive procedures or complex differentiation protocols, respectively. Here, we show that a set of four transcription factors, Hnf4α, Foxa3, Gata6, and Cdx2, can directly reprogram mouse fibroblasts to acquire the identity of fetal intestine-derived progenitor cells (FIPCs). These induced FIPCs (iFIPCs) form spherical organoids that develop into adult-type budding organoids containing cells with intestinal stem cell properties. The resulting stem cells produce all intestinal... More