293 results about "Progenitor cell" patented technology

Disclosed herein are methods and systems of determining a cancer status or an organ health status of a subject, the method comprising: obtaining a biological sample obtained or derived from the subject; enriching a population of cells in the biological sample, wherein the population of cells comprises stem cells and / or progenitor cells; extracting nucleic acids from the enriched population of cells; assaying the extracted nucleic acids to generate at least one of a transcriptomic profile of the subject, a genomic profile of the subject, and / or an exomic profile of the subject; computer processing the at least one of the transcriptomic profile of the subject, the genomic profile of the subject, and / or the exomic profile of the subject; and determining, based at least in part on the computer processing, the cancer status or the organ health status of the subject, wherein the cancer status or the organ health status comprises a presence or an absence of an organ and / or a tissue impacted by the cancer or impacted by a disease, disorder, or condition.

The invention relates to the field of biological medicine, and provides an application of a dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor in preparation of megakaryocytes, and the dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor is a compound shown as a formula I, a formula II or a formula III, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound. According to the technical scheme, the dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor can promote hematopoietic stem / progenitor cells to differentiate into megakaryocytes and platelets, the platelet generation amount is increased by about 2 times, and a promising strategy is provided for in-vivo and in-vitro megakaryocyte and platelet generation.

The present invention relates to a modified stem cell and an ex vivo method for preparing defined mature cells from genetic programming of said modified stem cell which can be carried out in absence of certain growth factors, as well as a kit allowing to transform stem cells, and the different uses of the mature cells, for example for in vitro drug screening and toxicology or as cultivated meat. The genetic programming involves a molecular switch between two mutually exclusive programs of stem cell expansion and differentiation. The invention may be used for stem cells or other progenitors cells of any type, from any eukaryotic organism, but finds particular application in pluripotent stem cells from humans and livestock animals.

Methods for differentiating pluripotent stem cells to neuroectoderm in dynamic suspension culture using small molecule or protein inhibitors of TGFβ / Activin / Nodal signaling and BMP signaling are provided. Also provided are methoc and protocols for differentiating pluripotent stem cells such as human embryonic stem cells first to neuroectoderm, then further to glial progenitor cells, and further to oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), and compositions obtained thereby. The methods of the present disclosure reproducibly produce neuroectoderm progenitor cells by day 7 of the differentiation process, glial progenitor cells by day 21 of the differentiation process and OPCs by day 42 of the differentiation process.

The present invention relates to the new use of an exosome secreted by hepatocyte lineage cells differentiated via the directed induction of embryonic stem cells, and in particular relates to the use of the exosome in the preparation of a drug for treating liver diseases. The exosome is secreted by hepatocyte lineage cells differentiated via the directed induction of embryonic stem cells, and the hepatocyte lineage cells are hepatic progenitor cells and / or mature hepatocyte-like cells.

The present invention relates to lipid nanoparticle (LNP) compositions, as well as diagnostic or therapeutic polynucleotides, such as TERT mRNA, that can be delivered in a formulation together with the LNP compositions to various tissue and cell types in the whole body of a mammal, such as, for example, TNP mRNA. Comprising stem cells, progenitor cells, germ cells, differentiated cells or terminally differentiated cells, cancer cells, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, splenic cells, hepatocells, kidney cells and / or osteoblasts, for example, for use in the diagnosis, prevention and / or treatment of a condition or disease.

The technology described herein is directed to methods of generating CD4+CD8- single-positive T cells from CD4+CD8+ double positive T progenitor cells using differentiation in the presence of interleukin-7 (IL-7) and an anti-CD3 agent and in absence of Notch ligand and an anti-CD28 agent. Also described herein are CD4+CD8- single-positive T cells made by the methods described herein, which can be used for therapeutic applications.

This invention relates to the technical field of stem cell induction differentiation and transplantation therapy, specifically to a method for inducing human induced pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into dopaminergic neuronal progenitor cells, comprising the following steps: S1, human induced pluripotent stem cells are induced to differentiate into primitive neuroepithelial cells under the action of SB431542, DMH1, SHH, FGF8b, Purmorphamine, and CHIR99021; S3, intermediate primitive neuroepithelial cells are continuously induced to differentiate using BDNF, GDNF, AA, N2, B27 (without added vitamin A), cAMP, and GlutaMax to obtain dopaminergic neuronal progenitor cells. The dopaminergic neuronal progenitor cells obtained using the method provided by this invention can survive for a long time in the brain microenvironment of Parkinson's rats and have a significant repair effect on rat motor dysfunction.

The present disclosure relates to a method of generating pancreatic lineage cells, e.g. islet-like cell aggregates comprising pancreatic beta cells, comprising the steps of providing a single cell suspension of a population of endocrine progenitor cells (EP), allowing the EP cells in the single cell suspension to form 3D structures, and culturing the cells under conditions allowing differentiation into pancreatic mono-hormonal beta cells. The present disclosure also relates to islet-like cell aggregates obtainable by said method and their medical use.

Methods for generating mature somatostatin+ interneurons from human forebrain neural progenitor cells are provided using chemically-defined culture media in a two-stage culture protocol. The mature somatostatin+ interneurons are generated from medial ganglionic eminence neural progenitor cells (MGE-NPCs), which themselves are differentiated from pluripotent stem cells. Culture media, isolated cell populations and kits are also provided.

In a method for inducing differentiation into neuromuscular junctions according to the present disclosure, the neuromuscular junctions are induced by: preculturing human pluripotent stem cells in a medium containing activin, bFGF, a WNT signal inhibitor, a BMP signal inhibitor, and a ROCK signal inhibitor; then culturing the stem cells in a medium containing bFGF, a ROCK signal inhibitor, a WNT signal activator, and a TGFβ signal inhibitor to differentiate into neuromesodermal cells; culturing the neuromesodermal cells in a medium containing a BMP signal inhibitor, a TGFβ signal inhibitor, a retinoic acid activator, and an SHH signal activator to differentiate into skeletal muscle progenitor cells and spinal motor neuron progenitor cells in the same culture dish; and culturing these progenitor cells in a medium for cell maturation containing BDNF, GDNF, AA, and dbcAMP.

In certain embodiments methods of treating X-Linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) in a mammal are provided where the methods comprise: i) providing differentiated T cells and / or stem / progenitor cells from the mammal; ii) performing a targeted insertion of a corrective BTK cDNA at the BTK gene locus in said cells to provide a corrected BTK gene in said cells; and iii) introducing said cells into said mammal where said corrected BTK gene is expressed in a physiologically regulated manner.

The present invention provides muscle-derived progenitor cells that show long-term survival following transplantation into body tissues and which can augment non-soft tissue following introduction (e.g. via injection, transplantation, or implantation) into a site of non-soft tissue (e.g. bone) when combined with a biocompatible matrix, preferably SIS. The invention further provides methods of using compositions comprising muscle-derived progenitor cells with a biocompatible matrix for the augmentation and bulking of mammalian, including human, bone tissues in the treatment of various functional conditions, including osteoporosis, Paget's Disease, osteogenesis imperfecta, bone fracture, osteomalacia, decrease in bone trabecular strength, decrease in bone cortical strength and decrease in bone density with old age.

A method of producing hematopoietic stem / progenitor cells (HS / PCs) and blood cells from adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells (Ad MSCs). The method comprises obtaining biological cells of a subject; expanding the biological cells; obtaining a pure Ad MSCs cell line from the expanded biological cells; converting the pure Ad MSCs cell line into HS / PCs in vitro; expanding the converted HS / PCs in vitro; and obtaining the expanded HS / PCs.

The invention provides a high-stress-tolerance pancreas islet organ as well as a preparation method and application thereof. Specifically, the invention provides a method for preparing pancreas islet organs. The invention also provides a use of a reagent combination comprising (a) a pancreatic islet organ and (b) a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In the presence of the compound shown in the formula I or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pancreatic endocrine progenitor cells are cultured, so that the increase of the differentiation proportion of pancreatic beta cells is promoted, and pancreatic islet organs with high stress tolerance are obtained; according to the present invention, the combination of the pancreatic islet organ and the compound represented by the formula I or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can significantly improve and alleviate the integration stress reaction generated during the pancreatic islet organ transplantation compared to the only transplantation treatment, such that the pancreatic islet beta cell identity loss is resisted, and the stress tolerance of the pancreatic islet organ is significantly improved; therefore, the invention provides a new strategy for the treatment of diabetes, and has a wide application prospect.

The invention discloses a novel application of a known eIF5B inhibitor in treating acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). It is found for the first time that the eIF5B inhibitor has high toxicity to various AML cells, can inhibit proliferation of the various AML cells and induce differentiation of the AML cells, has no significant influence on normal hematopoietic stem / progenitor cells, and can be used for developing drugs for treating AML. The invention provides a theoretical basis for research and development of anti-AML drugs, opens up a new application of the eIF5B inhibitor, provides a brand new method for treating AML, and has a wide application prospect in the technical field of AML treatment.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for the generation of microglial progenitor cells and microglial cells from pluripotent stem cells, such as embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. The present invention also provides cells produced using such methods, and both methods of treatment and methods of drug screening that use such cells. Also provided are various tissue culture media, tissue culture media supplements, and kits useful for the generation of human microglial progenitor cells and human microglial cells.

A method of generating cells of the T cell lineage is provided that involves culturing a sample comprising stem cells or progenitor cells with an engineered Notch ligand conjugated to a suspension support and isolating cells of the T cell lineage. In one embodiment, the cells of the T-cell lineage are progenitor T cells or mature T cells. Compositions, kits and uses thereof are also provided.

The invention relates to means and methods for gene therapy of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs), preferably a LSD with skeletal involvement, based on an ex vivo gene therapy approach comprising transduction of autologous hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) with viral vectors for expressing enzymes that are deficient in the disorders. The final formulation is a suspension of transduced cells in culture medium for the administration to patients affected by the LSDs, preferably preceded by a conditioning regimen.

Disclosed herein are methods of treating ALS in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising, for example, EV derived from nerve cells, such as neural progenitor cells. The EVs may be administered distally or peripherally to the CNS such that these EVs cross the blood-brain barrier and exert their therapeutic function in the CNS. The methods may reduce inflammation (e.g., NLRP3 inflammatory pathway signaling), reduce disease activity or progression, and / or improve motor or neurological performance, signs or symptoms associated with ALS, or survival in an ALS subject as compared to a control ALS subject. Also provided are methods of inhibiting necroptosis in a cell by contacting the cell with a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising EV.

Provided herein, inter alia, are methods and compositions for treating diabetes mellitus comprising co-transplantation of an insulin-producing cell and a cell derived from a parathyroid gland (PTG), a CD34+ cell derived from a parathyroid gland, a CD34+ cell derived from a stem cell, or other progenitor cell-derived CD34+ cell.

The present disclosure provides lipid assemblies suitable for delivery of therapeutic agents to hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), wherein the lipid assemblies comprise a neutral polymer surface lipid. The present disclosure also provides therapeutic and diagnostic uses related to the lipid assemblies.

The invention relates to a method of differentiating pancreatic bi-potent progenitor cells into beta cells comprising cultivating pancreatic endocrine precursor cells in a medium that promotes the cAMP signalling pathway that lies downstream of apical-basal polarity in endocrine precursors, which can be used to increase the differentiation of progenitor cells into beta cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of enriching and / or isolating one or more cells expressing a marker of apical-basal polarity, thereby isolating beta cells, and to a method of producing a population of beta cells from a population of human embryonic stem cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a population of beta cells obtainable by the method, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the beta cells, a cell culture of progenitor cells in a medium comprising a cAMP agonist, a complex comprising a beta cell bound by the binding agents specific for CD133 and CD49a, and a use of specific binding partners for isolating beta cells.

The present application relates to a method for inducing pluripotent cells to proliferate and / or differentiate into megakaryocyte progenitor cells (MKPs), comprising adding a human platelet lysate (hPL) and an HDAC inhibitor to an MKP differentiation medium. The present application also provides a culture medium used in the method, and a composition comprising the culture medium.

The invention discloses a method for constructing astrocytes serving as a smoke disease model, and belongs to the technical field of crossing of stem cells and neuroscience. The method comprises the following steps: S1) reprogramming CD34 + cells in in-vitro PBMCs (peripheral blood mononuclear cells) of smoke disease patients carrying and not carrying RNF213p.R4810K mutation to obtain induced pluripotent stem cells; and S2) directionally inducing and differentiating the induced pluripotent stem cells into astrocytes through a neural progenitor cell way, wherein the obtained astrocytes are the astrocytes capable of being used as the smoke disease model. The astrocyte model prepared by the invention can be used for researching pathogenesis, nerve-blood vessel interaction process and blood-brain barrier (BBB) related functions of smoke diseases, and can be further applied to molecular typing of diseases and in-vitro function evaluation of candidate drugs.

An objective of the present invention is to provide a liver disease regulatory formulation, which is beneficial to prevent the occurrence and development of a chronic liver disease by remodeling a liver regeneration microenvironment. The liver disease regulatory formulation, comprises a hepatocyte-derived liver progenitor cell or a secretory supernatant of the hepatocyte-derived liver progenitor cell.

The present application relates to the microRNA drug technical field, specifically to the application of hsa-let-7f-5p in the preparation of a drug for treating muscle steatosis, and discloses that hsa-let-7f-5p can inhibit muscle fat infiltration by inhibiting fibroblast / adipogenic progenitor cell adipogenic differentiation, and hsa-let-7f-5p can be used as a microRNA drug in the treatment of diseases such as muscle fat infiltration and muscle steatosis, and diseases related to fat infiltration, for example, muscle atrophy, muscle injury, obesity, diabetes, etc. The relevant nucleic acid fragments are wrapped in liposomes, so that the drug stability and drug efficiency can be improved. The technical scheme can solve the technical problem that there is no drug capable of effectively inhibiting muscle steatosis and treating muscle injury in the prior art, and has an ideal application and promotion prospect in the fields of sports medicine and rehabilitation treatment.

The present disclosure provides methods of differentiating pluripotent stem cells, including inducible pluripotent stem cells, into lineage-specific midbrain floor progenitor cells, decisive dopaminergic neuron progenitor cells, definitive dopaminergic neuron progenitor cells, and / or dopaminergic neuron cells. Also provided are compositions use thereof, such as for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and conditions, including Parkinson's disease, as well as articles of manufacture and kits for use thereof.

The disclosure pertains to a defined cell culture medium for the expansion of human retinal progenitors, comprising or consisting of a nutrient medium, a SHH-pathway activator and a GSK3 inhibitor. To the use of the defined cell culture medium for the expansion of retinal progenitors, as well as to an in vitro method for expanding retinal progenitors, comprising: (i) placing a culture of human retinal progenitors in a defined cell culture medium as defined in claims 1 to 8; and (ii) culturing the cells in said defined cell culture medium.

The present disclosure relates to methods, media and supplements for culturing target cells, such as hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC). The methods, media, and supplements of the present disclosure may include one or more epigenetic modifiers within culture conditions to culture and / or expand target cells, such as HSPC or CD34 + cells, such as may be obtained, enriched, or isolated from infected / diseased or normal primary samples. Output populations of HSPCs amplified in the presence of one or more epigenetic modifiers may be suitable for use in downstream applications.