3057results about "Embryonic cells" patented technology

The invention relates to compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions), uses, methods, non-therapeutic and therapeutic methods related to senolytic agents encapsulated or comprised in Muse cell derived extracellular vesicles (e.g. exosomes). Such compositions and methods are useful for specifically killing senescent cells and reverting any symptoms, disorders or diseases associated with senescence.

The invention relates to a heart organoid and an in-vitro preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of stem cells. The invention provides a heart organoid. The heart organoid is obtained by induced culture of an adherent pluripotent stem cell mass; the adherent pluripotent stem cell mass is obtained by adherent culture of a suspended pluripotent stem cell mass; the suspension pluripotent stem cell mass is obtained by suspension culture of pluripotent stem cells. According to the in-vitro preparation process of the heart organoid, after pluripotent stem cells form balls, the pluripotent stem cell balls are subjected to staged induced differentiation under adherent culture, so that cell subtypes such as epicardial cells and the like can be generated without additional addition or additional stimulation of signal channels, and the heart organoid is more homogeneous. The self-occurring multi-lineage coexisting heart organoid can better simulate biological events derived from multiple cell types and multiple cell subtypes in the early development process of an embryonic heart, and has great application prospects in exploration of pathogenic factors and potential treatment targets of congenital heart diseases.

The invention provides an enhancer RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) molecule MZGAe1 and application thereof, and relates to the technical field of biology. The invention provides an enhancer RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) molecule MZGAe1. The nucleotide sequence of the enhancer RNA molecule MZGAe1 is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; meanwhile, the invention further provides a specific sgRNA sequence for activating the molecule in a targeted manner and a recombinant vector of the specific sgRNA sequence. Expression of endogenous MZGAe1 of cells is specifically activated by adopting a CRISPR activation technology, and conversion of mouse embryonic stem cells to bicellular-like cells can be efficiently promoted. By providing a brand-new endogenous targeted MZGAe1 accurate activation tool, the efficient transformation of wild mouse embryonic stem cells to bicellular cells can be realized only under the condition of endogenous activation of single enhancer RNA molecule MZGAe1, the proportion is at least increased by 5%, the expression of a totipotent marker gene ZSCAN4 is activated, and the expression of the totipotent marker gene ZSCAN4 is promoted. And an efficient and specific brand-new research tool and scheme are provided for researching zygote genome activation, embryonic development early events and cell reprogramming.

The invention provides human placenta-derived vasogenic stem cells (hPASCs) and application thereof. The human placenta-derived angiogenic stem cells (hPASCs) disclosed by the invention are preserved in China Center for Type Culture Collection, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; the preservation date is April 2, 2025; the preservation number of the strain is CCTCC (China Center For Type Culture Collection) NO: The hPASCs disclosed by the invention contain angiogenic cell subgroups, have stem cell stemness, have an angiogenesis effect in vivo and in vitro, and can be used for treatment of diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and vascularization construction of artificial organs and tissues.

The invention provides a cognitive function in-vitro simulation method based on a microelectrode array (MEA) and brain organs and application of the cognitive function in-vitro simulation method, and belongs to the crossing field of brain organ in-vitro model construction, neural engineering, brain-like intelligence and the like. In an in-vitro environment, external signal (such as sound) information is converted into electrical stimulation input capable of being perceived by brain organs in an MEA electrical stimulation mode, so that the brain organs gradually learn and identify external signals in repeated electrical stimulation; after elution stimulation for a period of time, the reduction condition of recognition accuracy is observed, namely, the important memory and forgetting process in the cognitive function is simulated. According to the method, the electrophysiological response and the biological mechanism change of the brain organs under external electrical stimulation can be quantitatively evaluated, and a new possibility is provided for exploring the advanced cognitive function by utilizing the brain organs.

The invention relates to the technical field of cell differentiation and the technical field of myocardial tissue regenerative medicine, in particular to a method for rapidly inducing directional differentiation of embryonic stem cells into myocardial cells in vitro. A matrix sandwich method is adopted, specific small molecule compounds are added in different time periods to induce the embryonic stem cells to differentiate towards the myocardial cells, and nearly 80% of myocardial cells can be obtained on the seventh day of induced differentiation. Compared with a traditional in-vitro myocardial differentiation induction scheme, the induced differentiation method provided by the invention has the advantages that the variety of related small molecules is few, the dosage is low, the induced differentiation time can be effectively shortened from 15 days to 7 days, the induced differentiation cost is saved, and the method is suitable for large-scale popularization and application. A novel way which is more economical, simpler, more convenient, more stable and more efficient is provided for the production of the stem cell-derived myocardial cells; the cardiac muscle cells obtained by induced differentiation are relatively high in purity and relatively wide in application prospect, and are of great significance to research on drug screening, myocardial regenerative medicine and cardiac developmental biology.

A brain organoid containing optic vesicles generated based on H9 induction and an eye-brain fusion culture method thereof are provided. H9 embryonic stem cell induction is used to generate a brain organoid containing optic vesicles with primitive visual field. Based on an established optic vesicle brain organoid culture system, microscopic imaging is combined with specific marker antibodies related to early retinal development and photoreceptor cell maturation to structurally and functionally identify the brain organoid containing optic vesicles.

Genetically modified cells that are compatible with multiple subjects, e.g., universal donor cells, and methods of generating said genetic modified cells are provided herein. The universal donor cells comprise at least one genetic modification within or near at least one gene that encodes a survival factor, wherein the genetic modification comprises an insertion of a polynucleotide encoding a tolerogenic factor. The universal donor cells may further comprise at least one genetic modification within or near a gene that encodes one or more MHC-I or MHC-II human leukocyte antigens or a component or a transcriptional regulator of a MHC-I or MHC-II complex, wherein said genetic modification comprises an insertion of a polynucleotide encoding a second tolerogenic factor.

The invention discloses an artificial breeding method of epinephelus fuscoguttatus and pink pterus coerulescens hybrid species, which comprises the following steps: screening healthy epinephelus fuscoguttatus as a female parent, screening healthy pink pterus coerulescens as a male parent, and carrying out enhanced breeding on the male parent and the female parent, the gonad maturation of the parent is promoted; the method comprises the following steps: collecting egg liquid of a female parent and semen of a male parent, inseminating to obtain a fertilized egg, incubating the fertilized egg to obtain a hybrid spot, performing authenticity identification on the hybrid spot by using one or more of sequences SEQ ID NO.1-SEQ ID NO.8, and determining that the hybrid spot inherits genetic information of the female parent and the male parent. The technical blank of crossbreeding of the pink pink bass as the parent grouper is filled, so that the hybrid obtained by hybridizing the epinephelus fuscoguttatus and the pink pink bass is reliable in authenticity, and inherits genetic information of male and female parents on the molecular level.

The invention discloses hydrogel for 3D culture of stem cells / organoids and a preparation method of the hydrogel, and belongs to the technical field of biological materials. The hydrogel for 3D culture of stem cells / organoids is formed by a four-arm polyethylene glycol macromolecular polymer, the polyethylene glycol macromolecular polymer has a maleimide group (PEG-4MAL) at each terminal, is coupled with an adhesive peptide containing cysteine, and is obtained by cross-linking with mercapto polyethylene glycol (PEG-SH). The hydrogel is beneficial to organoids, the stem cells are high in growth rate and short in culture period, and the obtained organoids are high in maturity, uniform in size, high in bionic capacity and high in application value. Therefore, the prepared novel hydrogel material provides a more ideal microenvironment for culture of cells and organoids, and promotes application and development of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.

The invention relates to the field of cell biology, and particularly discloses a method for preparing mesoderm progenitor cells from human pluripotent stem cells and an induced differentiation culture medium of the mesoderm progenitor cells. The method comprises the following steps: inoculating human pluripotent stem cells in a single cell state into a culture dish covered with matrigel; and inducing the human pluripotent stem cells to be differentiated into the mesoderm progenitor cells within 1-3 days by using the mesoderm progenitor cell induced differentiation culture medium. Wherein the mesoderm progenitor cell induced differentiation culture medium is composed of a basic culture medium and an additive, and the additive contains a B-27 additive, non-essential amino acid, glutamine, ascorbic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, a GSK-3 inhibitor and a CDK8 inhibitor. According to the method, the human pluripotent stem cells are subjected to induced differentiation by using the mesoderm progenitor cell induced differentiation culture medium with specific composition, the method does not depend on cloning of the pluripotent stem cells, a large number of high-uniformity mesoderm progenitor cells can be obtained through induced differentiation within 1-3 days, the induction efficiency is high, and the stability is high.

The present invention relates to pluripotent stem cell comprising an expression construct for expression of a CEBPα protein and an expression construct for expression of an ADIG protein. The invention further provides for methods of producing adipocytes comprising the pluripotent stem cells and for foodstuff comprising the adipocytes or pluripotent stem cells.

The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an inner ear organoid with improved differentiation efficiency of hair cells. The inventors of the present disclosure have confirmed that when retinoic acid is treated at the stage of formation of the lamina propria during the production of an inner ear organoid, the differentiation potential of hair cells is excellent. Therefore, it is expected that the inner ear organoid produced according to the production method of the present disclosure can be advantageously utilized in hearing loss disease modeling, drug screening and regenerative medicine.

The present invention provides: a drug which can improve the implantation rate of an embryo and can be used in conjunction with conventional drugs for infertility treatment; and a screening method and the like with which it is possible to reliably evaluate such a drug. Specifically, the integrin activator comprises: (1) a peptide composed of KFEERMRCKWMT, and (2) a peptide composed of KFEERMRCKWMT. (2) a peptide which is composed of KFEEERSRCKWMT; (3) a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence obtained by deleting, substituting and / or adding 1-3 amino acids in (1) or (2); or (4) a peptide obtained by binding any one of (1) to (3) to a membrane-permeable molecule. Provided are an artificial uterus and a screening method based on an implantation reproduction test system using a fertilized egg (for example, an embryo developed to an implanted blastocyst), the artificial uterus comprising: a hydrogel containing endometrial stromal cells and having an extracellular matrix as a main component; and a uterine epithelial organoid configured to be surrounded by the hydrogel.

The invention belongs to the technical field of stem cell exosome preparation, and provides a preparation method and therapeutic application of a stem cell exosome loaded with therapeutic molecules, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, selecting and culturing a stem cell line with exosome secretion capability; s2, in the stem cell culture process, adding selected therapeutic molecules, so that the therapeutic molecules can be taken by the stem cells and integrated into exosomes of the stem cells; s3, collecting stem cell culture supernate, and separating and purifying the exosome through a differential centrifugation, ultrafiltration or density gradient centrifugation method; s4, identifying the exosome obtained by separation; a stem cell line with efficient exosome secretion capacity is selected and cultured, and selected therapeutic molecules are added in the culture process, so that efficient loading of the therapeutic molecules is realized; according to the method, the operation steps are simplified, the loading efficiency is improved, it is ensured that therapeutic molecules can be stably integrated into the stem cell exosome, and meanwhile the biological activity and stability of the exosome are kept.

The present teachings provide for a method of breeding livestock in vitro. Provided are steps to create embryonic stem cells from a plurality of blastocysts, genotype the embryonic stem cells to select the best embryos for mating to create offspring, and induce the embryonic stem cells into primordial germ cell-like cells (PGCLCs). Male PGCLCs are further induced into spermatogonial stem cell-like cells, and then spermatid-like cells. Female PGCLCs are induced into oocytes, which are then matured. The resulting gametes can then be mixed with each other or with opposite sex gametes from animals with desirable genetics to create the next generation of embryos, which can then be run through the process again. This method of in vitro breeding can be used to increase the speed of genetic progress in livestock.

This invention provides a nucleic acid construct comprising; (i) a first nucleotide sequence for expression, (ii) a first promoter operably linked to the first nucleotide sequence, said first promoter being inducible, (iii) a first insulating sequence located upstream of the first nucleotide sequence and first promoter, (iv) a second insulating sequence located downstream of the first nucleotide sequence and first promoter, (v) a second nucleotide sequence encoding a transcription regulator protein that induces expression from the first promoter; and (vi) a second promoter operably linked to the second nucleotide sequence. The second nucleotide sequence and second promoter may be located either (a) upstream of the first insulating sequence or (b) downstream of the second insulating sequence. Also provided are vectors and mammalian cells comprising the construct, methods of inducibly expressing a nucleotide sequence in the construct, and methods of producing a mammalian cell by inducing expression from the construct.

The invention provides a method for constructing a chronic unpredictable negative stress model, the chronic unpredictable negative stress model and application of the chronic unpredictable negative stress model in mental disease research, and belongs to the field of brain organ in-vitro model construction. Through dual verification of a microelectrode array and single cell sequencing, an in-vitro brain organ model capable of simulating chronic unpredictable negative stress core characteristics is successfully constructed, and a potential neural network function reconstruction mechanism and a cell molecule basis of the in-vitro brain organ model are disclosed. The comprehensive research normal form breaks through the limitation of a traditional single technology platform, and an accurate and efficient innovative research platform highly related to human is provided for pathogenesis research of mental diseases, especially chronic stress related diseases such as depression and anxiety and development of novel treatment strategies.

The invention discloses a sheep formation state pluripotent stem cell culture medium and application thereof. The invention belongs to the technical field of biology, and particularly relates to a sheep formation state pluripotent stem cell culture medium and application thereof. The composition for culturing the sheep formation state pluripotent stem cells, disclosed by the invention, contains an N2B27 basic culture medium and cell factors, wherein the cell factors contain CHIR99021, IWR1, A419259, a recovery hub IL6, a recovery hub sIL6R, a recovery hub Activin A and a recovery hub FGF2 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 2). The culture medium prepared from the composition can obtain stable sfPSCs, and can be applied to construction of sheep gene editing model animals.

The invention belongs to the field of stem cell biology, and relates to pedigree specific differentiation of human pluripotent or embryonic stem cells, in particular to a mesenchymal stem cell induced differentiation culture medium and application thereof. The mesenchymal stem cell induced differentiation culture medium is used for directly inducing and differentiating human induced pluripotent stem cells / or embryonic stem cells into mesenchymal stem cells, the culture medium comprises a mesenchymal stem cell basic culture medium and an additive, and the additive comprises the following components: 2-10 [mu] M of a TGF-beta inhibitor, 2-10 [mu] M of a GSK3 beta inhibitor and 5-10 [mu] M of a Rock inhibitor. By adopting the induced differentiation culture medium provided by the invention, human induced pluripotent stem cells / or embryonic stem cells can be directly induced and differentiated into mesenchymal stem cells, and the obtained mesenchymal stem cells have the advantages of infinite sources, stable quality, high homogeneity and the like; and the human induced pluripotent stem cells / or embryonic stem cells can be directly and directionally differentiated into the mesenchymal stem cells in a relatively short time, so that the culture time is shortened, and the production cost is reduced.

The invention belongs to the technical field of assisted reproduction, and particularly relates to a device and a method for gradually adjusting the glucose concentration of an in-vitro embryo culture solution. The device comprises at least two miniature liquid storage bins, wherein each miniature liquid storage bin is filled with a high-concentration glucose solution in advance; the slow release channel is respectively connected with each micro liquid storage bin and the culture solution main container; the culture solution main container is used for accommodating an embryo and a basal culture medium; the control unit is used for sequentially opening the release ports of the miniature liquid storage bins, so that the high-concentration glucose solution sequentially flows into the culture solution main container through the slow release channels. The technical means of staged closed-loop micro sugar control is introduced into the structure and the using method of the device, so that the accurate adjustment of the sugar concentration of the in-vitro embryo culture solution is realized, the requirements of embryos in different development stages can be effectively met, and the embryo culture quality and the subsequent development potential are remarkably improved.

Genetically modified cells that are compatible with multiple subjects, e.g., universal donor cells, and methods of generating the genetic modified cells are provided herein. The universal donor cells comprise at least one genetic modification within or near at least one gene that encodes one or more MHC-I or MHC-II human leukocyte antigens or component or transcriptional regulator of the MHC-I or MHC-II complex, at least one genetic modification that increases the expression of at least one polynucleotide that encodes a tolerogenic factor, and optionally at least one genetic modification that increases or decreases the expression of at least one gene that encodes a survival factor.

The present invention relates to a modified pluripotent cell and to a method for forward programming said cell. The invention further relates to use of said modified pluripotent stem cell for tissue engineering and to a food product comprising said modified pluripotent stem cell.

Genetically modified cells that are compatible with multiple subjects, e.g., universal donor cells, and methods of generating the genetically modified cells are provided herein. The universal donor cells comprise at least one genetic modification within or near at least one gene that encodes one or more MHC-I or MHC-II human leukocyte antigens or component or transcriptional regulator of the MHC-I or MHC-II complex, at least one genetic modification that increases the expression of at least one polynucleotide that encodes a tolerogenic factor, and optionally at least one genetic modification that increases or decreases the expression of at least one gene that encodes a survival factor.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cell population suitable for transplant of retinal tissue and a method of production thereof. The present invention provides a cell population for transplant, comprising retinal cells with a modified bipolar cell-regulating gene and a method of production thereof.

Compounds that either produced a higher proportion or greater absolute number of phenotypically identified nave, stem cell memory, central memory T cells, adaptive NK cells, and type I NKT cells are identified. Compositions and methods for modulating immune cells including T, NK, and NKT cells for adoptive cell therapies with improved efficacy are provided.

Provided is a mammalian-derived cell model that can be used in anti-aging drugs. The mammalian-derived extraembryonic trophoblast cell model is an early mammalian-derived extraembryonic stage. A change model and an aging evaluation index system for differentiating the cells into the extraembryonic trophoblast cells / organoids can be used for various anti-aging researches and target detection, anti-aging drug detection, screening and identification, research on innovative drugs / natural products, and development of chemicals and / or health foods and additives. Screening and identifying many resistances is helpful. Candidate targets of aging may be further mechanically and functionally validated for future therapeutic use. The screening of anti-aging drugs or natural products will produce huge economic and social benefits.