PMID- 21252997 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110216 LR - 20220318 IS - 1471-0080 (Electronic) IS - 1471-0072 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 2 DP - 2011 Feb TI - Dedifferentiation, transdifferentiation and reprogramming: three routes to regeneration. PG - 79-89 LID - 10.1038/nrm3043 [doi] AB - The ultimate goal of regenerative medicine is to replace lost or damaged cells. This can potentially be accomplished using the processes of dedifferentiation, transdifferentiation or reprogramming. Recent advances have shown that the addition of a group of genes can not only restore pluripotency in a fully differentiated cell state (reprogramming) but can also induce the cell to proliferate (dedifferentiation) or even switch to another cell type (transdifferentiation). Current research aims to understand how these processes work and to eventually harness them for use in regenerative medicine. FAU - Jopling, Chris AU - Jopling C AD - Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Boue, Stephanie AU - Boue S FAU - Izpisua Belmonte, Juan Carlos AU - Izpisua Belmonte JC LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - England TA - Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol JT - Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology JID - 100962782 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Cycle MH - *Cell Dedifferentiation MH - *Cell Transdifferentiation MH - *Cellular Reprogramming MH - Humans MH - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology MH - Regenerative Medicine EDAT- 2011/01/22 06:00 MHDA- 2011/02/17 06:00 CRDT- 2011/01/22 06:00 PHST- 2011/01/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/01/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/02/17 06:00 [medline] AID - nrm3043 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nrm3043 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2011 Feb;12(2):79-89. doi: 10.1038/nrm3043.