Cell BiologybioRxiv
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neuroectodermal epithelial cells mistaken for blood-brain barrier-forming endothelial cells
T. M. Lu, D. Redmond, T. Magdeldin…·R. Lis
The paper identifies human iBMECs as EpCAM+ neuroectodermal epithelial cells rather than BBB-forming endothelial cells, showing that ETS TFs can reprogram them toward a vascular BBB in vitro.