Human feeder cell line for derivation and culture of hESc/hiPSc

Tristan R McKay, Maria V Camarasa, Banu Iskender, Jinpei Ye, Nicola Bates, Duncan Miller, Jayne C Fitzsimmons, Daniel Foxler, Maureen Mee, Tyson V Sharp, John Aplin, Daniel R Brison, Susan J Kimber

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)154-162
    Number of pages9
    JournalStem Cell Research
    Volume7
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2011

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