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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2000
Applicants:
Michel F. Levesque, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Toomas Neuman, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michel F. Levesque, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Toomas Neuman, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is an in vitro method of transdifferentiating an epidermal basal cell into a cell having one or more morphological, physiological and/or immunological features of a glial cell. Also disclosed are such transdifferentiated cells and cell cultures derived from them. A kit for converting, in vitro, epidermal basal cells into cells having one or more morphological, physiological and/or immunological features of a glial cell is also disclosed.