title: Derivation and characterization of lentoid bodies and retinal pigment epithelial cells from monkey embryonic stem cells in vitro.
abstract: For cell replacement therapies of retinal diseases, the most-needed cells are retinal pigment epithelial cells and photoreceptor cells; lens cells are needed for replacement of the cataract. Stromal cell-derived inducing activity induces the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells into neural cells, including midbrain tyrosine hydroxylase-positive dopaminergic neurons, and ocular cells; the method also works with primate ES cells. We describe the methods to induce retinal pigment epithelial and lens cells from monkey ES cells using stromal cell-derived inducing activity and show the characteristics of those cells in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Translational Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haruta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D051379:Mice; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*