eprintid: 10044565 rev_number: 20 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/04/45/65 datestamp: 2018-03-06 14:20:26 lastmod: 2021-12-13 23:56:31 status_changed: 2018-03-06 14:20:26 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Wang, Y creators_name: Alhaque, S creators_name: Cameron, K creators_name: Meseguer-Ripolles, J creators_name: Lucendo-Villarin, B creators_name: Rashidi, H creators_name: Hay, DC title: Defined and Scalable Generation of Hepatocyte-like Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: D13 divisions: G22 note: Copyright © 2017 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License abstract: Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) possess great value for biomedical research. hPSCs can be scaled and differentiated to all cell types found in the human body. The differentiation of hPSCs to human hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) has been extensively studied, and efficient differentiation protocols have been established. The combination of extracellular matrix and biological stimuli, including growth factors, cytokines, and small molecules, have made it possible to generate HLCs that resemble primary human hepatocytes. However, the majority of procedures still employ undefined components, giving rise to batch-to-batch variation. This serves as a significant barrier to the application of the technology. To tackle this issue, we developed a defined system for hepatocyte differentiation using human recombinant laminins as extracellular matrices in combination with a serum-free differentiation process. Highly efficient hepatocyte specification was achieved, with demonstrated improvements in both HLC function and phenotype. Importantly, this system is easy to scale up using research and GMP-grade hPSC lines promising advances in cell-based modelling and therapies. date: 2017-03-01 date_type: published publisher: JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS official_url: http://doi.org/10.3791/55355 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1539269 doi: 10.3791/55355 lyricists_name: Rashidi, Hassan lyricists_id: HRASH80 actors_name: Waragoda Vitharana, Nimal actors_id: NWARR44 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: JOVE-Journal of Visualized Experiments number: 121 pages: 8 issn: 1940-087X citation: Wang, Y; Alhaque, S; Cameron, K; Meseguer-Ripolles, J; Lucendo-Villarin, B; Rashidi, H; Hay, DC; (2017) Defined and Scalable Generation of Hepatocyte-like Cells from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. JOVE-Journal of Visualized Experiments (121) 10.3791/55355 <https://doi.org/10.3791/55355>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10044565/1/jove-121-55355.pdf