DEVELOPMENT OF SPINAL CORD ON A MICROFLUIDIC CHIP

Described here are systems and methods for deriving both spinal motor neurons and brain microvascular endothelial cells from induced pluripotent stem cells using distinct methods and combining them in a chip format. Neurons cultured alone in chip microvolume displayed increased calcium transient fun...

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Hauptverfasser: WEN, Norman, SVENDSEN, Clive, LEVNER, Daniel, LUCCHESI, Carol, KERNS, S., Jordan, SAREEN, Dhruv, FRASER, Jacob, SANCES, Samuel, HAMILTON, Geraldine, HINOJOSA, Christopher, VATINE, Gad
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Zusammenfassung:Described here are systems and methods for deriving both spinal motor neurons and brain microvascular endothelial cells from induced pluripotent stem cells using distinct methods and combining them in a chip format. Neurons cultured alone in chip microvolume displayed increased calcium transient function and chip-specific gene expression. When seeded with endothelial cells, interaction further enhanced neural function, elicited vascular-neural interaction, niche gene expression with enhanced in vivo-like signatures arising from the chip co-cultures. Development of novel media formulations further allow for improved readout of differentiation process, by eliminating additives that otherwise confound differentiation processes and resulting phenotypes.