mRNA-seq of mouse lung vascular endothelial cells and mouse liver sinusoidal endothelial cells before and after their partial reprogramming into progenitor-like cells and recellularization of decellularized mouse lung scaffolds
In this study we developed highly proliferative and lineage restricted lung endothelial derived progenitor-like cells using the transient expression of Yamanaka factors via doxycycline inducible system combined with LIF-supplemented media. We investigate the potential of these induced progenitor-like cells for the vascular engineering of the lungs. Our results show that these cells recapitulate the segment specific heterogeneity in the decellularized lung scaffolds and show immediate recovery of endothelial genes after recellularization.