USE OF A FUSION POLYPEPTIDE FOR OBTAINING PLURIPOTENT NONEMBRYONIC STEM CELLS

摘要

Described is the use of a fusion polypeptide comprising (a) a ligand which is a member of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) family and (b) the receptor of said ligand, wherein - in a preferred embodiment - both parts (a) and (b) of said fusion polypeptide are linked by a polypeptide linker, or a vector capable of expressing said fusion polypeptide in secretable form, for obtaining and/or propagating a pluripotent non-embryonic stem cell.