Partial reprogramming
Intervention5 papers12 findings
- Animals3
- Cells1
- In silico1
Outcomes
11Liver regeneration
upin animals1Very low certainty
1 study
Liver regeneration
upin animals1Very low certainty
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
Sox9+ LPLC-like cells
upin animals1Very low certainty
OSKM induces Sox9+ LPLC-like cells.
Animalslipid nanoparticle mRNA
RNA delivery linked to enhanced liver regeneration in mice · Cell reports. Medicine · 1 Oct 2026
Hepatocyte dedifferentiation
upin animals1Very low certainty
1 study
Hepatocyte dedifferentiation
upin animals1Very low certainty
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
Liver progenitor-like cells
upin animals1Very low certainty
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
Myeloid bias
downin mice1Very low certainty
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
Hematopoietic reconstitution
upin mice1Very low certainty
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
Stem cell differentiation
upin mouse cells1Very low certainty
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
Neural stem cell
upin mice1Very low certainty
1 study
Neural stem cell
upin mice1Very low certainty
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
Neuroblast
upin mice1Very low certainty
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
Youthful gene expression
upin human cells1Very low certainty
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
All 11Fewer
Cell age
downin human cells1Very low certainty
1 study
Cell age
downin human cells1Very low certainty
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
1DNA methylation
upin silico1Very low certainty
1 study
DNA methylation
upin silico1Very low certainty
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
Development
- Companies
- Life Biosciences ER-100 Phase 1 glaucoma, NAION
Latest
7RNA 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.