Repositioning monocyte TFRN into fibroblasts

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1164:211-8. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0805-9_17.

Abstract

Repositioning of cell-specific Transcription Factor Regulatory Networks (TFRNs) into another cell type is a pragmatic approach to elicit desired functions in impaired cells and also to investigate transcription regulations underlying cellular functions. However, a systematic method to identify a set of transcription factors (TFs) which can efficiently promote TFRN in a foreign cell type is lacking. Here, we demonstrate a perturbation-matrix method for the identification and repositioning of monocyte TFRNs in dermal fibroblasts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line
  • Fibroblasts / cytology
  • Fibroblasts / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Gene Regulatory Networks*
  • Humans
  • Lentivirus / genetics
  • Monocytes / cytology
  • Monocytes / metabolism*
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism*
  • Transduction, Genetic / methods

Substances

  • Transcription Factors