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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

High-Yield Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Monocytes and Macrophages Are Functionally Comparable With Primary Cells.

Di Cui, Alexandra Franz, Sophie A Fillon, Linda Jannetti, Timo Isambert, Katrin Fundel-Clemens, Heinrich J Huber, Coralie Viollet, Alexander Ghanem, Akira Niwa and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Di CuiBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Alexandra FranzBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Sophie A FillonBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Linda JannettiBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Timo IsambertBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Medicinal Chemistry, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Katrin Fundel-ClemensBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Global Computational Biology and Digital Sciences, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Heinrich J HuberBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Global Computational Biology and Digital Sciences, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Coralie ViolletBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Global Computational Biology and Digital Sciences, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Alexander GhanemBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Akira NiwaCenter for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Bernd WeigleBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Stefan PflanzBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Cancer Immunology and Immune Modulation, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophages are pivotal effectors of host immunity and regulators of tissue homeostasis. Understanding of human macrophage biology has been hampered by the lack of reliable and scalable models for cellular and genetic studies. Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived monocytes and macrophages, as an unlimited source of subject genotype-specific cells, will undoubtedly play an important role in advancing our understanding of macrophage biology and implication in human diseases. In this study, we present a fully optimized differentiation protocol of hiPSC-derived monocytes and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). We present characterization of iPSC-derived myeloid lineage cells at phenotypic, functional, and transcriptomic levels, in comparison with corresponding subsets of peripheral blood-derived cells. We also highlight the application of hiPSC-derived monocytes and macrophages as a gene-editing platform for functional validation in research and drug screening, and the study also provides a reference for cell therapies.

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Crispr/Casdifferentiationgene-editingiPSCmacrophagesmonocytesmyeloid

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PMCPMC8080307

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