Patent ID: 8791248

Claim:
A nuclear reprogramming factor for a somatic cell, which comprises isolated miRNA comprising at least 15 contiguous nucleotides in the nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: hsa-miR-372, hsa-miR-373, hsa-miR-371-373 cluster, hsa-miR-302b, hsa-miR-302c, hsa-miR-302a, hsa-miR-302d, hsa-miR-367, hsa-miR-302-367 cluster, hsa-miR-520c, mmu-miR-290, mmu-miR-291a, mmu-miR-294, and mmu-miR-295, and isolated genes selected from the group consisting of an Oct family gene and a Klf family gene.