title: Hematopoietic differentiation of pluripotent stem cells in culture.
abstract: This chapter describes a two-dimensional "monolayer" system for differentiating human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) into "primitive" hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) resembling those produced in vivo by the early embryonic yolk sac. This experimental system utilizes defined conditions without serum or feeder cells. Cytokines are added sequentially to stimulate the formation of mesoderm and its subsequent patterning to hematopoietic progenitors. The HPCs produced by this protocol have multi-lineage potential (erythroid, megakaryocyte, and myeloid) and can be isolated as a homogeneous population for use in standard hematopoietic studies including liquid expansion to mature lineages and colony assays. In addition, the HPCs can be cryopreserved for distribution or analysis at later times. The HPCs generated by this protocol have been used successfully to better define intrinsic variation in hematopoietic potential between different PSC lines and to model human hematopoietic diseases using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells.
authors: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors: Jason A
authors: JA
authors: Mills
authors: Prasuna
authors: P
authors: Paluru
authors: Mitchell J
authors: MJ
authors: Weiss
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Gadue
authors: Deborah L
authors: DL
authors: French
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D019070:Cell Lineage; D041905:Erythroid Cells / Q000166:cytology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*