title: F-class cells: new routes and destinations for induced pluripotency.
abstract: A series of five related publications describe an alternative pluripotent state that is dependent on continuous high levels of exogenous reprogramming factor expression. A comprehensive effort to molecularly compare the acquisition of this state to induced pluripotency aims at providing new insights into the mechanisms underlying cellular reprogramming.
authors.affiliation: The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Simon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.affiliation: The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: matthias.stadtfeld@med.nyu.edu.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stadtfeld
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine and Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA. Electronic address: efa2001@med.cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Eftychia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Apostolou