The present disclosure relates to expansion and activation of T cells. In an aspect, the present disclosure relates to expansion and activation of γδ T cells that may be used for transgene expression. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to expansion and activation of γδ T cells while depleting α- and/or β-TCR positive cells. T cell populations comprising expanded γδ T cell and depleted or reduced α- and/or β-TCR positive cells are also provided for by the instant disclosure. The disclosure further provides for methods of using the disclosed T cell populations.

This disclosure relates generally to the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells, and more particularly to a method of spatially adsorbing morphogens to differentiate human pluripotent stem cells.

An object of the present invention is to provide a human astrocyte cell population that is differentiated from astrocyte progenitor cells derived from human iPS cells, a manufacturing method for the human astrocyte cell population; and an evaluation method for a test substance using the human astrocyte cell population. According to the present invention, there is provided a human astrocyte cell population that is differentiated from astrocyte progenitor cells derived from human iPS cells, the human astrocyte cell population including at least 90% of human astrocytes, in which in the human astrocytes, a) CDKN2A is positive, b) at least one gene marker selected from the group consisting of IGFBP5, NNMT, HLA-DRB1, and HLA-DRB5 is positive, and c) an expression level of C3, which is standardized with GAPDH of a reference gene, is 0.05 copies/copies or less.

The presently disclosed subject matter provides for in vitro methods of inducing differentiation of stem cells (e.g., human stem cells) into proprioceptors, proprioceptors generated by such methods, and compositions comprising such proprioceptors. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides for uses of such proprioceptors for preventing and/or treating disorders of proprioceptor neurons and/or neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., Friedreich's Ataxia).

Disclosed herein are methods for directing a differentiation protocol to produce cells of a desired cell fate, such as SC-β and/or SC-α cells.

This invention provides improved methods for generation of hematopoietic precursor cells from a pluripotent stem cell and hematopoietic precursor cells generated thereof. The hematopoietic precursor cells express CXCR4 or runx1c and are capable of homing and/or engraftment in bone marrow.

The present disclosure relates to a neural ectodermal lineage cellular structure, and compositions and methods related thereto. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a geometrically isolated neural ectodermal lineage cellular structure (neuruloid) including spatially segregated neuroepithelial cells, sensory placodes, neural crest cells, and epidermal cells having radial organization around a lumen within the neuroepithelial cells. The disclosure also provides methods directed to forming the neural ectodermal lineage cellular structure. The disclosure also provides methods and platforms directed to the neural ectodermal lineage cellular structure.

Disclosed is a spheroid liver organoid comprising hepatic lineage cells such as human hepatocytes, hepatic stellate cells, and liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. Also provided are methods of using spheroid liver organoids for applications related to drug screening and toxicity screening. In particular, spheroid liver organoids are useful for high-throughput screens to identify compounds having efficacy for treating liver disease.

Methods are disclosed herein for producing human hepatocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Also provided are transgenic rats for the expansion of human hepatocytes, such as those produced using the methods disclosed herein.

A method for arterial endothelial-enhanced functional T cell generation is provided. In the method, arterial endothelial cells enhance functional T cell generation by promoting the generation of hematopoietic progenitor cells with T-lineage bias. The first stage of T cell differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) is optimized, and it is found that hPSC-derived autologous arterial endothelial cells increase the T cell potential of hematopoietic progenitor cells. Moreover, the T cells generated by arterial endothelial cell priming share similar function to that of human peripheral blood T cells. hPSC-derived CD19-CAR-T cells have been verified to have tumor-killing effects both in vivo and in vitro. The established hPSC-T differentiation system would provide a valuable resource for chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy.