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ArticleStem cells translational medicine2024

Label-Free and High-Throughput Removal of Residual Undifferentiated Cells From iPSC-Derived Spinal Cord Progenitor Cells.

Tan Dai Nguyen, Wai Hon Chooi, Hyungkook Jeon, Jiahui Chen, Jerome Tan, Daniel N Roxby, Cheryl Yi-Pin Lee, Shi-Yan Ng, Sing Yian Chew, Jongyoon Han

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Article in Stem cells translational medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 authors.

Tan Dai NguyenCritical Analytics for Manufacturing of Personalized Medicine IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-8811-0014
Wai Hon ChooiInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-0268-0938
Hyungkook JeonResearch Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5417-0182
Jiahui ChenSchool of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Jerome TanCritical Analytics for Manufacturing of Personalized Medicine IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-0155-6935
Daniel N RoxbyCritical Analytics for Manufacturing of Personalized Medicine IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Cheryl Yi-Pin LeeInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-5265-0377
Shi-Yan NgInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-3418-2757
Sing Yian ChewCritical Analytics for Manufacturing of Personalized Medicine IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-6084-5967
Jongyoon HanCritical Analytics for Manufacturing of Personalized Medicine IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-7215-1439

Funding

Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise NRF2019-THE002-0001National Research FoundationSingapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transplantation of spinal cord progenitor cells (SCPCs) derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has beneficial effects in treating spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the presence of residual undifferentiated iPSCs among their differentiated progeny poses a high risk as these cells can develop teratomas or other types of tumors post-transplantation. Despite the need to remove these residual undifferentiated iPSCs, no specific surface markers can identify them for subsequent removal. By profiling the size of SCPCs after a 10-day differentiation process, we found that the large-sized group contains significantly more cells expressing pluripotent markers. In this study, we used a sized-based, label-free separation using an inertial microfluidic-based device to remove tumor-risk cells. The device can reduce the number of undifferentiated cells from an SCPC population with high throughput (ie, >3 million cells/minute) without affecting cell viability and functions. The sorted cells were verified with immunofluorescence staining, flow cytometry analysis, and colony culture assay. We demonstrated the capabilities of our technology to reduce the percentage of OCT4-positive cells. Our technology has great potential for the "downstream processing" of cell manufacturing workflow, ensuring better quality and safety of transplanted cells.

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Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeural Stem CellsSpinal Cord InjuriesCell DifferentiationHumansSpinal Cordcellular therapyinduced pluripotent stem cellsneural stem/progenitor cellsorting technologiesspinal cord injury

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PMID38321361
PMCPMC11016845

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