A Modular Differentiation System Maps Multiple Human Kidney Lineages from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Induced pluripotent stem cells from human kidney.

Kidney disease is a growing health issue for modern society,1–3 and there are a number of causes, including prematurity, genetic abnormalities, inflammation, hypertension, and diabetes. Current treatments for ESRD include dialysis and transplantation, but both are expensive, rely on continuous intervention, and are imperfect in their application.4 – 6 Transplantation also suffers from lack of a...

Development of a Modular Automated System for Maintenance and Differentiation of Adherent Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.

Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have tremendous potential for development of regenerative medicine, disease modeling, and drug discovery. However, the processes of reprogramming, maintenance, and differentiation are labor intensive and subject to intertechnician variability. To address these issues, we established and optimized protocols to allow for the automated mainte...

A Roadmap for Human Liver Differentiation from Pluripotent Stem Cells

How are closely related lineages, including liver, pancreas, and intestines, diversified from a common endodermal origin? Here, we apply principles learned from developmental biology to rapidly reconstitute liver progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). Mapping the formation of multiple endodermal lineages revealed how alternate endodermal fates (e.g., pancreas and intestines) are...

Differentiation of Primed Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Cardiac differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells

Due to the extremely limited proliferative capacity of adult cardiomyocytes, human embryonic (pluripotent) stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs) are currently almost the only reliable source of human heart cells which are suited to large-scale production. These cells have the potential for wide-scale application in drug discovery, heart disease research and cell-based heart repair. Embryo...