We describe a protocol to reprogram human skin-derived fibroblasts into induced Neuronal Progenitor Cells (iNPCs), and their subsequent differentiation into induced Astrocytes (iAs). This method leads to fast and reproducible generation of iNPCs and iAs in large quantities.
Dennys, C. N., Sierra-Delgado, J. A., Ray, S. S., Hartlaub, A. M., Roussel, F. S., Rodriguez, Y., Meyer, K. In vitro Modeling for Neurological Diseases using Direct Conversion from Fibroblasts to Neuronal Progenitor Cells and Differentiation into Astrocytes. J. Vis. Exp. (172), e62016, doi:10.3791/62016 (2021).