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ArticleScientific reports2019

Automation of human pluripotent stem cell differentiation toward retinal pigment epithelial cells for large-scale productions.

Florian Regent, Lise Morizur, Léa Lesueur, Walter Habeler, Alexandra Plancheron, Karim Ben M'Barek, Christelle Monville

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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46 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Florian RegentINSERM U861, I-Stem, AFM, Institute for Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
Lise MorizurINSERM U861, I-Stem, AFM, Institute for Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
Léa LesueurINSERM U861, I-Stem, AFM, Institute for Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
Walter HabelerINSERM U861, I-Stem, AFM, Institute for Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
Alexandra PlancheronINSERM U861, I-Stem, AFM, Institute for Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
Karim Ben M'BarekINSERM U861, I-Stem, AFM, Institute for Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-0325
Christelle MonvilleINSERM U861, I-Stem, AFM, Institute for Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, 91100, Corbeil-Essonnes, France. cmonville@istem.fr.
Inserm · FRInstitut des Cellules Souches pour le Traitement et l'Étude des Maladies Monogéniques · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysfunction or death of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells is involved in some forms of Retinitis Pigmentosa and in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Since there is no cure for most patients affected by these diseases, the transplantation of RPE cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) represents an attractive therapeutic alternative. First attempts to transplant hPSC-RPE cells in AMD and Stargardt patients demonstrated the safety and suggested the potential efficacy of this strategy. However, it also highlighted the need to upscale the production of the cells to be grafted in order to treat the millions of potential patients. Automated cell culture systems are necessary to change the scale of cell production. In the present study, we developed a protocol amenable for automation that combines in a sequential manner Nicotinamide, Activin A and CHIR99021 to direct the differentiation of hPSCs into RPE cells. This novel differentiation protocol associated with the use of cell culture robots open new possibilities for the production of large batches of hPSC-RPE cells while maintaining a high cell purity and functionality. Such methodology of cell culture automation could therefore be applied to various differentiation processes in order to generate the material suitable for cell therapy.

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ActivinsAutomationCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedEpithelial CellsHumansMacular DegenerationNiacinamidePluripotent Stem CellsPyridinesPyrimidinesRetinal Pigment EpitheliumRetinitis PigmentosaStem Cell Transplantationactivin AActivinsChir 99021NiacinamidePyridinesPyrimidines

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