Abstract
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) provide an invaluable resource for regenerative medicine as they allow the generation of patient-specific progenitors with potential value for cell therapy. However, in many instances, an off-the-shelf approach is desirable, such as for cell therapy of acute conditions or when the patient's somatic cells are altered as a consequence of a chronic disease or aging. cord blood (cB) stem cells appear ideally suited for this purpose as they are young cells expected to carry minimal somatic mutations and possess the immunological immaturity of newborn cells; additionally, several hundred thousand immunotyped cB units are readily available through a worldwide network of cB banks. Here we present a detailed protocol for the derivation of cB stem cells and how they can be reprogrammed to pluripotency by retroviral transduction with only two factors (oct4 and soX2) in 2 weeks and without the need for additional chemical compounds.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 811-820 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Nature Protocols |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:partially supported by the Juan de la Cierva program. This work was partially supported by grants from MICINN, CIBER, the Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (RETIC-RD06/0010/0016), TERCEL, the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation and Fundación Cellex.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology