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ArticleCells2023

Application-Oriented Bulk Cryopreservation of Human iPSCs in Cryo Bags Followed by Direct Inoculation in Scalable Suspension Bioreactors for Expansion and Neural Differentiation.

Ina Meiser, Monica Alstrup, Elham Khalesi, Bianca Stephan, Anna M Speicher, Julia Majer, Chee Keong Kwok, Julia C Neubauer, Mattias Hansson, Heiko Zimmermann

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Article in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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0 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ina MeiserFraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Weg 1, 66280 Sulzbach, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1992-4580
Monica AlstrupCell Therapy R&D, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park 1, 2760 Maaloev, Denmark.
Elham KhalesiCell Therapy R&D, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park 1, 2760 Maaloev, Denmark.
Bianca StephanFraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Weg 1, 66280 Sulzbach, Germany.
Anna M SpeicherFraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Weg 1, 66280 Sulzbach, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0091-4684
Julia MajerFraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Weg 1, 66280 Sulzbach, Germany.
Chee Keong KwokCell Therapy R&D, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park 1, 2760 Maaloev, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-3803-1200
Julia C NeubauerFraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Weg 1, 66280 Sulzbach, Germany.
Mattias HanssonCell Therapy R&D, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park 1, 2760 Maaloev, Denmark.
Heiko ZimmermannFraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Weg 1, 66280 Sulzbach, Germany.
Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering · DENovo Nordisk (Denmark) · DKUniversidad Católica del Norte · CL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell-based therapies are promising tools for regenerative medicine and require bulk numbers of high-quality cells. Currently, cells are produced on demand and have a limited shelf-life as conventional cryopreservation is primarily designed for stock keeping. We present a study on bulk cryopreservation of the human iPSC lines UKKi011-A and BIONi010-C-41. By increasing cell concentration and volume, compared to conventional cryopreservation routines in cryo vials, one billion cells were frozen in 50 mL cryo bags. Upon thawing, the cells were immediately seeded in scalable suspension-based bioreactors for expansion to assess the stemness maintenance and for neural differentiation to assess their differentiation potential on the gene and protein levels. Both the conventional and bulk cryo approach show comparative results regarding viability and aggregation upon thawing and bioreactor inoculation. Reduced performance compared to the non-frozen control was compensated within 3 days regarding biomass yield. Stemness was maintained upon thawing in expansion. In neural differentiation, a delay of the neural marker expression on day 4 was compensated at day 9. We conclude that cryopreservation in cryo bags, using high cell concentrations and volumes, does not alter the cells' fate and is a suitable technology to avoid pre-cultivation and enable time- and cost-efficient therapeutic approaches with bulk cell numbers.

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Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsBioreactorsCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCryopreservationHumansSuspensionsSuspensionsbulkcell therapycryo bagcryopreservationdifferentiationexpansionhiPSCneuronssuspension bioreactors

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PMID37508576
PMCPMC10378238
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