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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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US-0277904
(2008-11-25)
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등록번호 |
US-9062290
(2015-06-23)
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The present invention provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells and the products related to or resulting from such methods. In particular, the present invention provides an improved method for the formation of pancreatic hormone expressing cells and pancreatic hormone
The present invention provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells and the products related to or resulting from such methods. In particular, the present invention provides an improved method for the formation of pancreatic hormone expressing cells and pancreatic hormone secreting cells. In addition, the present invention also provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells without the use of a feeder cell layer and the products related to or resulting from such methods. The present invention also provides methods to promote glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in insulin-producing cells derived from pluripotent stem cells.
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1. A method for producing cells capable of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from human pluripotent stem cells, comprising the steps of: a) culturing the human pluripotent stem cells,b) differentiating the human pluripotent stem cells into definitive endoderm cells by treating the human pluripote
1. A method for producing cells capable of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from human pluripotent stem cells, comprising the steps of: a) culturing the human pluripotent stem cells,b) differentiating the human pluripotent stem cells into definitive endoderm cells by treating the human pluripotent stem cells with a medium supplemented with a TGF-β receptor agonist,c) differentiating the definitive endoderm cells into pancreatic endoderm cells, andd) differentiating the pancreatic endoderm cells into pancreatic endocrine cells by treating the pancreatic endoderm cells with an inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pancreatic endoderm cells are treated with the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase for about one to about twelve days. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pancreatic endoderm cells are treated with the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase for about five to about twelve days. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the pancreatic endoderm cells are treated with the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase for about twelve days. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase is used at a concentration from about 0.1 μM to about 100 μM. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase is 2-(3-(6-Methylpyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1,5-naphthyridine. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase is [3-(Pyridin-2-yl)-4-(4-quinonyl)]-1H-pyrazole. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the pancreatic endoderm cells are further treated with at least one factor selected from the group consisting of a factor capable of inhibiting BMP and a netrin. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of differentiating the pancreatic endoderm cells into pancreatic endocrine cells is achieved by treating the pancreatic endoderm cells with a factor that inhibits the Notch signaling pathway, and the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the cells are treated with a factor that inhibits the Notch signaling pathway, and the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase for about 1 to about 12 days. 11. The method of claim 9, wherein the cells are treated with a factor that inhibits the Notch signaling pathway, and the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase for about five to about twelve days. 12. The method of claim 9, wherein the cells are treated with a factor that inhibits the Notch signaling pathway, and the inhibitor of TGF-βR-1 kinase for about twelve days. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the factor that inhibits the Notch signaling pathway is a γ-secretase inhibitor. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the γ-secretase inhibitor is L-685,458. 15. The method of claim 13, wherein L-685,458 is used at a concentration from about 0.1 μM to about 100 μM. 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the pancreatic endoderm cells are further treated with at least one factor selected from the group consisting of a factor capable of inhibiting BMP and a netrin. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of differentiating the definitive endoderm cells into pancreatic endoderm cells is achieved by treating the definitive endoderm cells with at least one factor selected from the group consisting of retinoic acid, FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, FGF-10, a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, a factor capable of inhibiting BMP, and a netrin. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with at least one factor selected from the group consisting of retinoic acid, FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, FGF-10, a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, a factor capable of inhibiting BMP, and a netrin for about one to about six days. 19. The method of claim 17, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with at least one factor selected from the group consisting of retinoic acid, FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, FGF-10, a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, a factor capable of inhibiting BMP, and a netrin for about six days. 20. The method of claim 17, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about one to about three days, followed by treating the cells with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, retinoic acid, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF7, and FGF-10 for about one to about four days. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about three days. 22. The method of claim 20, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, retinoic acid, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF7, and FGF-10 for about four days. 23. The method of claim 17, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about one to about three days, followed by treating the cells with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, a factor capable of inhibiting BMP, retinoic acid, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about one to about four days. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about three days. 25. The method of claim 23, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, a factor capable of inhibiting BMP, retinoic acid, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about four days. 26. The method of claim 17, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about one to about three days, followed by treating the cells with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, a factor capable of inhibiting BMP, a netrin, retinoic acid, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about one to about four days. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about three days. 28. The method of claim 26, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with a sonic hedgehog inhibitor, a factor capable of inhibiting BMP, a netrin, retinoic acid, and at least one factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 for about four days. 29. The method of claim 17, wherein the factor selected from the group consisting of FGF-2, FGF-4, FGF-7, and FGF-10 is FGF-7. 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with FGF-7 at a concentration of about 50 pg/ml to about 50 μg/ml. 31. The method of claim 29, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with FGF-7 at a concentration of 20 ng/ml. 32. The method of claim 17, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with retinoic acid at a concentration from about 1 nM to about 1 mM. 33. The method of claim 17, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with retinoic acid at a concentration of 1 μM. 34. The method of claim 17, wherein the sonic hedgehog inhibitor is cyclopamine. 35. The method of claim 34, wherein cyclopamine is used at a concentration from about 0.1 μM to about 10 μM. 36. The method of claim 34, wherein cyclopamine is used at a concentration of 0.25 μM. 37. The method of claim 17, wherein the factor capable of inhibiting BMP is a BMP4 inhibitor. 38. The method of claim 37, wherein the BMP4 inhibitor is noggin. 39. The method of claim 37, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with noggin at a concentration from about 500 ng/ml to about 100 μg/ml. 40. The method of claim 37, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with noggin at a concentration of 100 ng/ml. 41. The method of claim 17, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with the netrin at a concentration from about 500 ng/ml to about 100 μg/ml. 42. The method of claim 17, wherein the definitive endoderm cells are treated with the netrin at a concentration of 100 ng/ml. 43. The method of claim 17, wherein the netrin is selected from the group consisting of netrin 1, netrin 2, and netrin 4.
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