Partial reprogramming

Intervention5 papers12 findings

  • Animals3
  • Cells1
  • In silico1

Outcomes

11

Liver regeneration

upin animals1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. OSKM improves liver regeneration.

    Animalsafter acetaminophen-induced injurylipid nanoparticle mRNA

    RNA delivery linked to enhanced liver regeneration in mice · Cell reports. Medicine · 1 Oct 2026

Sox9+ LPLC-like cells

upin animals1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. OSKM induces Sox9+ LPLC-like cells.

    Animalslipid nanoparticle mRNA

    RNA delivery linked to enhanced liver regeneration in mice · Cell reports. Medicine · 1 Oct 2026

Sox9+ LPLC-like cells →

Hepatocyte dedifferentiation

upin animals1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. OSKM induces hepatocyte dedifferentiation.

    Animalslipid nanoparticle mRNA

    RNA delivery linked to enhanced liver regeneration in mice · Cell reports. Medicine · 1 Oct 2026

Liver progenitor-like cells

upin animals1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. OSKM induces liver progenitor-like cells.

    Animalswithout injury

    RNA delivery linked to enhanced liver regeneration in mice · Cell reports. Medicine · 1 Oct 2026

Myeloid bias

downin mice1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Transient reprogramming decreases myeloid bias in mice.

    Animalsphysiological and LPS-driven HSC aging

    Transient reprogramming limits AP-1-associated chromatin opening and transposable element activation to preserve hematopoietic stem cell function during aging and stress · bioRxiv · 31 Aug 2026 · Preprint

Hematopoietic reconstitution

upin mice1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Transient reprogramming improves hematopoietic reconstitution in mice.

    Animalsphysiological and LPS-driven HSC aging

    Transient reprogramming limits AP-1-associated chromatin opening and transposable element activation to preserve hematopoietic stem cell function during aging and stress · bioRxiv · 31 Aug 2026 · Preprint

Stem cell differentiation

upin mouse cells1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Partial reprogramming improves stem cell differentiation in mouse cells.

    “Partial reprogramming of old neural stem cells in culture improves transcriptomic signatures of aging and boosts neuroblast and neuron production during differentiation”

    Cellsin cultured old neural stem cells during differentiationneural stem cell

    PARTIAL REPROGRAMMING OF THE AGING NEUROGENIC NICHE · GSA 2024 abstract · 31 Dec 2024

Stem cell differentiation →

Neural stem cell

upin mice1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Partial reprogramming increases neural stem cell in mice.

    “partial reprogramming in the SVZ neurogenic niche itself increases the proportion of neuroblasts and neural stem cells in old mice.”

    Animalsin the SVZ neurogenic niche itself in old micesubventricular zone

    PARTIAL REPROGRAMMING OF THE AGING NEUROGENIC NICHE · GSA 2024 abstract · 31 Dec 2024

Neuroblast

upin mice1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Partial reprogramming increases neuroblast in mice.

    “partial reprogramming of the whole body in old mice restores the proportion of neuroblasts - cells committed to give rise to new neurons - in the neurogenic niche.”

    Animalsin old micesubventricular zone

    PARTIAL REPROGRAMMING OF THE AGING NEUROGENIC NICHE · GSA 2024 abstract · 31 Dec 2024

Youthful gene expression

upin human cells1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Partial reprogramming improves youthful gene expression in human cells.

    “TF combinations were more likely than individual factors to reverse cell age, and many of these effects persisted after TF activation ceased.”

    CellsTF combinations compared to individual factors in aged human T cellsT cell

    PARTIAL REPROGRAMMING REVERSES FEATURES OF AGING IN HUMAN T LYMPHOCYTES · GSA 2024 abstract · 31 Dec 2024

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Cell age

downin human cells1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Partial reprogramming decreases cell age in human cells.

    “many TFs beyond pluripotency factors restored youthful gene expression and cell states, without abolishing T cell identity”

    Cellsin aged human T cellsT cell

    PARTIAL REPROGRAMMING REVERSES FEATURES OF AGING IN HUMAN T LYMPHOCYTES · GSA 2024 abstract · 31 Dec 2024

Associations

1

DNA methylation

upin silico1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Partial reprogramming is associated with DNA methylation in silico (14 CpG sites).

    In silicon = 189

    Conserved Partial Reprogramming Effects on the Methylome · Epigenomes · 13 Aug 2026

DNA methylation →

Development

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RNA delivery linked to enhanced liver regeneration in mice

In mice, liver-targeted messenger RNA briefly induced reprogramming proteins and was associated with enhanced regeneration after acetaminophen-induced…In mice, liver-targeted messenger RNA briefly induced reprogramming proteins and was associated with enhanced regeneration after acetaminophen-induced injury.