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Table 2.

Comparing efficiencies between reprogramming cells to pluripotency and lineage conversion

Starting cell type(s)Product cell typeTreatmentEfficiencyReferences
Blastomere (2-cell) ES cell Explantation 50-69% Wakayama et al., 2007 
Blastomere (4-cell) ES cell Explantation 22-40% Wakayama et al., 2007 
Blastomere (8-cell) ES cell Explantation 10-16% Wakayama et al., 2007; Chung et al., 2006 
ICM cell ES cell Explantation 12% Brook and Gardner, 1997 
PGC EG cell Explantation 1-3% Durcova-Hills et al., 2006 
GS cell mGS cell Explantation 0.001% Kanatsu-Shinohara et al., 2004 
ES/NSC Hybrid cell Fusion <0.0006% Silva et al., 2006 
ES/NSC (+Nanog) Hybrid cell Fusion 3-4% Silva et al., 2006 
ES/ES Hybrid cell Fusion 3-4% Silva et al., 2006 
Somatic cell* iPS cell Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, cMyc 3-5% Hanna et al., 2008; Wernig et al., 2008; Maherali et al., 2008; Hockemeyer et al., 2008 
Pro-B cells Macrophages Cebpα 65% Xie et al., 2004 
Mature B cells Macrophages Cebpα 35% Xie et al., 2004 
Pre-T cells Macrophages Cebpα 60% Laiosa et al., 2006 
Fibroblasts Myogenic cell Myod 25-50% Davis et al., 1987 
Acinar cell β cells Pdx1, Ngn3, Mafa 20% Zhou et al., 2008 
Starting cell type(s)Product cell typeTreatmentEfficiencyReferences
Blastomere (2-cell) ES cell Explantation 50-69% Wakayama et al., 2007 
Blastomere (4-cell) ES cell Explantation 22-40% Wakayama et al., 2007 
Blastomere (8-cell) ES cell Explantation 10-16% Wakayama et al., 2007; Chung et al., 2006 
ICM cell ES cell Explantation 12% Brook and Gardner, 1997 
PGC EG cell Explantation 1-3% Durcova-Hills et al., 2006 
GS cell mGS cell Explantation 0.001% Kanatsu-Shinohara et al., 2004 
ES/NSC Hybrid cell Fusion <0.0006% Silva et al., 2006 
ES/NSC (+Nanog) Hybrid cell Fusion 3-4% Silva et al., 2006 
ES/ES Hybrid cell Fusion 3-4% Silva et al., 2006 
Somatic cell* iPS cell Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, cMyc 3-5% Hanna et al., 2008; Wernig et al., 2008; Maherali et al., 2008; Hockemeyer et al., 2008 
Pro-B cells Macrophages Cebpα 65% Xie et al., 2004 
Mature B cells Macrophages Cebpα 35% Xie et al., 2004 
Pre-T cells Macrophages Cebpα 60% Laiosa et al., 2006 
Fibroblasts Myogenic cell Myod 25-50% Davis et al., 1987 
Acinar cell β cells Pdx1, Ngn3, Mafa 20% Zhou et al., 2008 

ICM, inner cell mass; PGC, primordial germ cell; GS cell, germline stem cell; ES cell, embronic stem cell; NSC, neural stem cell; EG cell, embryonic germ cell; mGS, multipotent germline stem cell.

*

Secondary cells. Differentiated cells derived from iPS cells carrying the four viral transgenes under the control of a doxycycline promoter.

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