Prasanthi P. Koganti

Signal-integrated control of immune and reparative programs establishes blood-derived fibrocytes reprogrammable toward induced pluripotency

Fibrocytes represent a distinct somatic cell type derived from peripheral blood leukocytes, first described as spindle-shaped adherent cells with dual hematopoietic and mesenchymal features. Although fibrocytes were identified in early descriptive studies across several mammalian...