33 results about "Mesodermal cell" patented technology

The present invention provides compositions and methods for the production of differentiated mammalian cells. More particularly, the present invention provides cellular differentiation methods employing culturing the cells on a feeder layer or under feeder-free conditions in cell culture and further contacting the cells with an inhibitor of the PI3-kinase pathway for the generation of differentiated mammalian cells from pluripotent mammalian stem cells. Preferably, the differentiated cell is selected from the group consisting of a mesendodermal cell, a mesodermal cell, and an endodermal cell.

The present invention relates generally to the generation of cells of mesodermal lineage. More particularly, the present invention contemplates a method for the preparation of differentiated or partially differentiated mesodermal cells and their use in tissue repair, regeneration and/or augmentation therapy. The identification and generation of the mesodermal cells further provides a source of transcriptome or proteome data to assess the expression profile of genes associated with the maintenance of mesodermal cells as well as their differentiation, proliferation, expansion and/or renewal potential.

The present invention relates to placenta tissue-derived multipotent stem cells and cell therapeutic agents containing the same. More specifically, to a method for producing placenta stem cells having the following characteristics, the method comprising culturing amnion, chorion, decidua or placenta tissue in a medium containing collagenase and bFGF and collecting the cultured cells: (a) showing a positive immunological response to CD29, CD44, CD73, CD90 and CD105, and showing a negative immunological response to CD31, CD34, CD45 and HLA-DR; (b) showing a positive immunological response to Oct4 and SSEA4; (c) growing attached to plastic, showing a round-shaped or spindle-shaped morphology, and forming spheres in an SFM medium so as to be able to be maintained in an undifferentiated state for a long period of time; and (d) having the ability to differentiate into mesoderm-, endoderm- and ectoderm-derived cells. Also the present invention relates to placenta stem cells obtained using the production method. The inventive multipotent stem cells have the ability to differentiate into muscle cells, vascular endothelial cells, osteogenic cells, nerve cells, satellite cells, fat cells, cartilage-forming cells, osteogenic cells, or insuline-secreting pancreatic β-cells, and thus are effective for the treatment of muscular diseases, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, nervous diseases, diabetes and the like, and are useful for the formation of breast tissue.

The invention provides a preparation method of epicardial cells from multipotent stem cells. The method comprises the following steps: (1) by activating WNT signal pathways, inducing the multipotent stem cells to be differentiated into mesodermal cells; 2) by inhibiting the WNT signal pathways, converting the mesodermal cells obtained in the step 1) into myocardial precursor cells; 3) by activating retinoic acid signal pathways and the WNT signal pathways, converting the myocardial precursor cells obtained in the step 2) into anterior epicardial cells; and 4) preparing the epicardial cells from the anterior epicardial cells obtained in the step 3). The invention further relates to a method for preparing vascular smooth muscle cells and cardiac fibroblasts from the multipotent stem cells, the epicardial cells, the vascular smooth muscle cells and the cardiac fibroblasts prepared with the method, and application of the epicardial cells, the vascular smooth muscle cells and the cardiac fibroblasts.

The invention provides a method of using multipotent stem cells to prepare epicardial cells, comprising: 1) inducing multipotent stem cells to differentiate into mesodermal cells by activating a WNT signal pathway; 2) converting the mesodermal cells in step 1) into myocardial precursor cells by inhibiting the WNT signal pathway; 3) converting the myocardial precursor cells in step 2) into preliminary epicardial cells by activating a fibroblast growth factor signal pathway and the WNT signal pathway; preparing pericardial cells with the preliminary epicardial cells of step 3). The invention also relates to: a method of using multipotent stem cells to prepare vascular smooth muscle cells and cardiac fibroblasts; epicardial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells and cardiac fibroblasts all of which are prepared through the above method; and their application.

This invention provides pertains to the discovery that that nicotine interrupts molecular signaling between endodermal and mesodermal cells of the lung alveolus. Treatment of the lung with specific molecular agents (e.g., PPAR gamma agonists) can prevent and/or reverse the injury caused by nicotine.

The present invention provides a culture method for culturing, in recesses (10), a population including two or more cells including a cell derived from a stem cell and a mesenchymal cell. The cell derived from a stem cell is a cell obtained by differentiating a stem cell in vitro. The cell is a cell of one or more types selected from the group consisting of an endodermal cell, an ectodermal cell, and a mesodermal cell. The population is cultured in the recesses (10) together with a vascular cell or a secretor factor. Each recess (10) includes a space in which cells are movable. When a volume of the space is represented by V mm³ and the number of mesenchymal cells seeded in the space is represented by N, V is 400 or less and N/V is in a range from 35 to 3000.

The invention relates to a method for inducing directional endothelial differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. The method specifically comprises the following steps: 1, when the human pluripotent stem cells reach 80% fusion or above, induced differentiation is performed on digested stem cells by using a differential medium containing 10-50ng/ml of WNT3a; 2, induced differentiation is further performed on the cells by using a differentiation medium containing 10-50ng/ml of WNT3a and 10-30ng/ml of BMP2; 3, induced differentiation is further performed on the induced differentiated cells in the step 2 by using a differential medium containing 10-30ng/ml of BMP2 into mesodermal cells; and 4, induced differentiation is further performed on the cells by using a culture medium containing 10-15ng/ml of FGF8 into endothelial cells. According to the invention, by improving the mediums and related cell factors, the experimental scheme can have higher endothelial induction efficiency.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for differentiating mesodermal cells into mesothelium cells. The present invention provides a method for producing mesothelial cells, including a first culturing step of culturing mesodermal cells in a medium containing basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and oncostatin M.