Table 2

Observations where cell fusion has been identified as being wholly or partly responsible for apparent transdifferentiation

ConversionEvidenceRef
BMCs, bone marrow cells; MSCs, mesenchymal stem cells.
BMCs to hepatocytesCytogenetics/genotyping 11
BMCs to hepatocytesGenotyping 12
BMCs to hepatocytes, cardiomyocytes, and Purkinje cellsCRE-lox technology 33
MSCs to airway epithelial cellsMorphology, X and Y probes 36