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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Paul J. Tesar, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Robert H. Miller, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Fadi J. Najm, University Heights, OH (US);
Inventors:
Paul J. Tesar, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Robert H. Miller, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Fadi J. Najm, University Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/074 (2010.01); C12N 5/079 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0696 (2013.01); C12N 5/0622 (2013.01); C12N 2501/115 (2013.01); C12N 2501/135 (2013.01); C12N 2501/41 (2013.01); C12N 2501/60 (2013.01); C12N 2506/1307 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the reprogramming of differentiated somatic cells, such as those differentiated cells that arise from embryonic mesoderm, into glial cells. Glial cells produced from this reprogramming are functionally equivalent to glial cells that arise from ectodermal origins.