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Differentiation of human and murine induced pluripotent stem cells to microglia-like cells

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Pandya, Hetal, Shen, Michael J, Ichikawa, David M, Sedlock, Andrea B, Choi, Yong, Johnson, Kory R, Kim, Gloria, Brown, Mason A +7 more·2017·Nature Neuroscience

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Microglia are resident inflammatory cells of the CNS and have important roles in development, homeostasis and a variety of neurologic and psychiatric diseases. Difficulties in procuring human microglia have limited their study and hampered the clinical translation of microglia-based treatments shown to be effective in animal disease models. Here we report the differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) into microglia-like cells by exposure to defined factors and co-culture with astrocytes. These iPSC-derived microglia have the phenotype, gene expression profile and functional properties of brain-isolated microglia. Murine iPSC-derived microglia generated using a similar protocol have equivalent efficacy to primary brain-isolated microglia in treatment of murine syngeneic intracranial malignant gliomas. The ability to generate human microglia facilitates the further study of this important CNS cell type and raises the possibility of their use in personalized medicine applications.

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Pandya, H., Shen, M. J., Ichikawa, D. M., Sedlock, A. B., Choi, Y., Johnson, K. R., Kim, G., Brown, M. A., Elkahloun, A. G., Maric, D., Sweeney, C. L., Gossa, S., Malech, H. L., McGavern, D. B., & Park, J. K.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
  • McGavern, Dorian B
  • Park, John K
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2017-03-02
Volume
20
Issue
5
Pages
753-759
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2593638094
Cited by
405
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 59 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 56 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 25
FWCI
18.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (1zians003124-01, ZIA NS003124)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
induced pluripotent stem cells, microglia-like cells, iPSC differentiation, astrocyte co-culture, personalized medicine
MeSH terms
Animals, Astrocytes, Cell Differentiation, Cell Movement, Glioma, Humans, Phagocytosis, Survival Analysis, Cytokines, Reactive Oxygen Species, Microglia, Coculture Techniques, Gene Expression Profiling, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Mice, Gene Knock-In Techniques, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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