Abstract
We have generated a human feeder cell line from early second trimester Placental Stromal Fibroblasts (ihPSF) stably over-expressing the polycomb protein BMI-1. These feeder cells retain the ability to maintain human Embryonic Stem cells (hESc) over long-term culture whereas hTERT or BMI-1/hTERT immortalised feeder cell lines do not. ihPSFs were able to support the derivation of a new hESc line in near xenofree (free of non-human animal components) conditions and support continued culture of newly derived hESc and human induced Pluripotent Stem (hiPS) cell lines in complete xenofree conditions necessary for clinical use.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 154-162 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Stem Cell Research |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2011 |