Description
We present a robust serum-free system for the rapid and efficient reprogramming of mouse somatic cells by Oct4, Sox2 and Klf4. The elimination of fetal bovine serum and oncogene c-Myc allowed reprogramming cells to be detected as early as Day 2 and reached greater than 10% of the population at Day 7 post retroviral transduction. The resulting iPS colonies were isolated with high efficiency to establish pluripotent cell lines. Based on this method, we further developed iPS-SF1 as a dedicated reprogramming medium for chemical screening and mechanistic investigations.