title: OCT4: A penetrant pluripotency inducer.
abstract: Native OCT4 protein has the intrinsic ability of crossing cellular membranes to enter cells. This finding could revive efforts to induce pluripotency with proteins replacing nucleic acid-based approaches, and raises the intriguing question as to whether OCT4 can act non-cell-autonomously.
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIBH), 190 Kai Yuan Avenue, Science Park, Guangzhou, 510530 China.
authors.forename: Xuecong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIBH), 190 Kai Yuan Avenue, Science Park, Guangzhou, 510530 China.
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jauch
keywords: Cell penetrating peptide; Induced pluripotent stem cells; OCT4; Pluripotency; Reprogramming