To provide a method of inducing the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into neurons while suppressing the survival of undifferentiated cells in a biological environment that excludes the involvement of unidentified components, without going through the formation process of the
germ layer body.SOLUTION: Provided is a method of inducing the differentiation of iPS cells into neurons in a xeno-free culture
system without going through the formation process of the
germ layer body, the method comprising: a) culturing iPS cells in which a human Neurogenin-2
gene is induced in a
laminin-coated vessel; b) transiently inducing expression of the Neurogenin 2
gene to initiate differentiation; and c) culturing the iPS cells that have started differentiation in the
laminin-coated vessel and adding, as a development promoting agent for differentiation, at least one of the six types of a
small molecule TGFβ family inhibitor, an adenylate
cyclase activator, a GSK3 inhibitor, a smoothened
agonist, a rock inhibitor, and an indolinone compound.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7