164 results about "Retinal pigment epithelial cell" patented technology

The present invention relates to a composition for implantation in the subretinal space of an eye, the composition including amniotic membrane, which may be cryopreserved human amniotic membrane, and a plurality of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells or RPE equivalent cells present at the amniotic membrane. The amniotic membrane may be intact, epithelially denuded, or otherwise treated. The invention includes the use of amniotic membrane for the culturing of RPE cells thereon, forming a surgical graft for replacement of Bruch's membrane as a substrate, and for the transplanting of RPE cells to the subretinal space. The composition does not elicit immunological reactions to alloantigens or to RPE specific autoantigens; and exerts anti-inflammatory, and angiogentic, and anti-scarring effects. The invention includes methods and kits for making or using composites including amniotic membrane and RPE cells. Also disclosed is a device for harvesting RPE cells.

The present invention concerns RPE cells obtainable by directed differentiation from stem cell, particularly, human stem cells. It has been specifically found that culturing stem cells in the presence of one or more member of the TGFβ superfamily, such as Activin A) induced directed differentiation into mature and functional RPE cells. This was evidenced by the expression of markers specific to mature RPE cells, including MiTF-A, RPE65 or Bestrophin). In accordance with one particular embodiment, the cells are a priori cultured with nicotinamide (NA) which was found to augment the cells' response to the inductive effect of the one or more member of the TGFβ superfamily. The invention also provides methods of performing the directed differentiation, as well as methods for use of the resulting RPE cells.

The invention relates to the field of cell culture, specifically, the derivation of retinal pigmented epithelial cells from pluripotent cells. The invention comprises the use of various cell culture medium supplements, medium formulations, and methods of using such medium supplements and formulations, in order to effect the rapid differentiation of pluripotent cells into retinal pigmented epithelial cells with very high yields. The invention further includes cell culture media formulations for the efficient maintenance, propagation, and maturation of cultured retinal pigmented epithelial cells.

Disclosed are capsid-modified rAAV particles and expression vectors, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise them. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and using novel capsid-protein-mutated particle or rAAV vector constructs in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications including, inter alia, as delivery agents for diagnosis, treatment, or amelioration of one or more diseases, disorders, or dysfunctions of the mammalian eye. Also disclosed are methods for subretinal delivery of therapeutic gene constructs to mammalian photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelial cells, as well as use of the disclosed compositions in the manufacture of medicaments for a variety of in vitro and / or in vivo applications including the treatment of a variety of inherited retinal diseases.

The present invention provides a method of purifying highly pure retinal pigment epithelial cells from a cell population obtained by induction of differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into retinal pigment epithelial cells, by a simple and easy operation in a short period. The purification method of the present invention includes a step of introducing a cell population containing retinal pigment epithelial cells obtained by differentiation induction of pluripotent stem cells on laminin or a fragment thereof on a filter, and obtaining a cell population that passed the filter.