METHODS FOR GENERATING HEPATOCYTES AND CHOLANGIOCYTES FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS

    公开(公告)号:SG10201803131TA

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-28

    申请号:SG10201803131T

    申请日:2014-02-18

    Abstract: METHODS FOR GENERATING HEPATOCYTES AND CHOLANGIOCYTES FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Methods for producing hepatocyte and/or cholangiocyte lineage cells from pluripotent stem cells, the method comprising (a) specifying the extended nodal agonist treated induced endodermal cell population to obtain a cell population comprising hepatocyte and/or cholangiocyte progenitors by contacting the extended nodal agonist treated induced endodermal cell population with specification media comprising a FGF agonist and a BMP4 agonist and/or active conjugates and/or fragments thereof; (b) inducing maturation, and optionally further lineage specification and/or expansion of the hepatocyte and/or cholangiocyte progenitors of the cell population to obtain a population comprising hepatocyte lineage cells such as hepatoblasts, hepatocytes and/or cholangiocytes, the inducing maturation step comprising generating aggregates of the cell population. Optionally, the method also comprises activating the cAMP pathway within the aggregates and forming co-aggregates . [Fig. 11]

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