Patent classifications
C12N5/079
NORMALIZATION OF CULTURE OF CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
The present invention provides a method for the normalized culturing of corneal endothelial cells. More specifically, the present invention provides a culture-normalizing-agent of a corneal endothelial cell, comprising a fibrosis inhibitor. In detail, the present invention provides a culture-normalizing agent comprising a transforming growth factor (TGF) β signal inhibitor. The present invention also provides a culture medium for culturing a corneal endothelial cell normally, which comprises the culture-normalizing agent according to the present invention and corneal endothelium culture components. The present invention also provides a method for culturing a corneal endothelial cell normally, comprising the step of culturing a corneal endothelial cell using the culture-normalizing agent according to the present invention or the culture medium according to the present invention.
GENE NETWORKS THAT MEDIATE REMYELINATION OF THE HUMAN BRAIN
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a human subject having a condition mediated by a deficiency in myelin and methods of increasing oligodendrocyte production from human glial progenitor cells. These methods involve selecting a human subject having a condition mediated by a deficiency in myelin or providing a population of human glial progenitor cells and administering to the subject or the population of human glial progenitor cells one or modulators of a cell signaling pathway selected from the group consisting of Notch signaling, cAMP signaling, CIP2A signaling, RXRA signaling, TCF7L2 signaling, and combinations thereof under conditions effective to treat the condition or increase oligodendrocyte production.
Radial Glia and Astrocyte Differentiation From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Methods for generating multipotent radial glia-like cells and astrocyte-like cells from human pluripotent stem cells are provided along with the related compositions.
COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR CULTURING RETINAL PROGENITOR CELLS
The present invention provides a scaffold for culturing retinal tissue comprising an amount of gelatin, an amount of chondroitin sulfate, an amount of hyaluronic acid, wherein the amount of gelatin, chondroitin sulfate, and hyaluronic acid are prepared into a three-dimensional monolith, wherein the monolith is sectioned into planar sheets, and an amount of laminin-521.
A PROMOTER SPECIFIC FOR NON-PIGMENTED CILIARY EPITHELIAL CELLS
A construct comprising a promoter specific for non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells (NPCECs) is provided. In particular, the construct comprises a BEST2 minimal promoter that confers NPCEC-specific expression. The BEST2 minimal promoter may be operably linked to an expressible sequence such as a gene encoding a polypeptide of interest, a regulatory RNA sequence, a reporter gene, and the like. Such constructs may be provided in an expression vector, for example, with the BEST2 minimal promoter operably linked to an expressible sequence or in a host cell genetically modified with such an expression vector.
Method for manufacturing peripheral nerve cells
Provided is a method for efficiently manufacturing high-purity peripheral nerve cells from undifferentiated cells. The method for manufacturing peripheral nerve cells from undifferentiated cells having an ability to differentiate into peripheral nerve cells includes the following steps (a) and (b): (a) culturing undifferentiated cells having an ability to differentiate into peripheral nerve cells to induce differentiation into neural progenitor cells without detaching a grown colony from a culture vessel; and (b) detaching the neural progenitor cells produced in the step (a) from the culture vessel, then seeding the cells at a seeding density of 2×10.sup.5 to 6×10.sup.5 cells/cm.sup.2 to a culture vessel, and culturing the cells for 14 to 42 days.
ASSESSING RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELL POPULATIONS
A method of qualifying whether a cell population is a suitable therapeutic for treating an eye condition is disclosed. The method comprises analyzing co-expression of premelanosome protein (PMEL17) and at least one polypeptide selected from the group consisting of cellular retinaldehyde binding protein (CRALBP), lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) and sex determining region Y-box 9 (SOX 9) in the population of cells.
NEURAL CELL EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES
Disclosed herein are neural extracellular vesicles (EVs) and methods of using these EVs in the treatment of spinal cord injury, stroke, and traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease.
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RETINAL DEGENERATION
Presented herein are compositions and methods for generating stem cell derived retinal tissue and isolated retinal progenitor cells for use in the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases and disorders.
PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CEREBRAL ORGANOID
A production method for a cerebral organoid having amyloid plaques is provided, the method including a step (a) of forming, in the presence of a SMAD inhibitor, an embryoid body from a pluripotent stem cell having a mutation in an Alzheimer's disease-related gene; a step (b) of embedding the embryoid body after the step (a) in an extracellular matrix and three-dimensionally culturing the embedded embryoid body in the presence of a SMAD inhibitor and a glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) inhibitor to form an organoid; and a step (c) of removing the organoid after the step (b) from the extracellular matrix and subjecting the removed organoid to stirring culture in a medium, where at least a part of the step (c) is carried out in the presence of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF).