title: Methods of induced pluripotent stem cells for clinical application.
abstract: Reprograming somatic cells using exogenetic gene expression represents a groundbreaking step in regenerative medicine. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are expected to yield novel therapies with the potential to solve many issues involving incurable diseases. In particular, applying iPSCs clinically holds the promise of addressing the problems of immune rejection and ethics that have hampered the clinical applications of embryonic stem cells. However, as iPSC research has progressed, new problems have emerged that need to be solved before the routine clinical application of iPSCs can become established. In this review, we discuss the current technologies and future problems of human iPSC generation methods for clinical use.
authors.affiliation: Tomohisa Seki, Keiichi Fukuda, Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.affiliation: Tomohisa Seki, Keiichi Fukuda, Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
keywords: Cell reprogramming; Induced pluripotent stem cells