title: Reprogramming by cell fusion: boosted by Tets.
abstract: Pluripotent cells, when fused with somatic cells, have the dominant ability to reprogram the somatic genome. Work by Piccolo et al. (2013) shows that the Tet1 and Tet2 hydroxylases are important for DNA methylation reprogramming of pluripotency genes and parental imprints.
authors.affiliation: Epigenetics Programme, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK.
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ficz
authors.forename: Wolf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reik