摘要:
A method of differentiation from an embryonic stem cell of a primate into a hematopoietic cell, comprising maintaining an embryonic stem cell of a primate under conditions suitable for induction of differentiation into a hematopoietic cell, transplanting the resulting cell into a fetus in a uterus of a pregnant sheep, rearing the fetus, administering a cytokine specific for a primate to a born lamb, and obtaining a hematopoietic cell of a primate from a sheep obtained by rearing the lamb, a method for producing a hematopoietic cell of a primate, a hematopoietic cell obtained by the method, and a method for producing a chimeric sheep which produces a hematopoietic cell of a primate, comprising maintaining an embryonic stem cell of a primate under conditions suitable for induction of differentiation into a hematopoietic cell, and transplanting the resulting cell into a fetus in a uterus of a pregnant sheep. According to the present invention, it becomes possible to develop a means for treating a disease or a condition requiring construction of a hematopoietic system or an action of a hematopoietic cell.
摘要:
Highly efficient gene transfer into primate-derived embryonic stem (ES) cells has successfully been achieved by using a simian immunodeficiency virus vector (SIV) pseudotyped with VSV-G protein, which is a surface glycoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) The present invention provides simian immunodeficiency virus vectors for gene transfer to primate ES cells. The method for gene transfer to primate ES cells using the vectors of the present invention is useful in, for example, research into embryology and disease, clinical applications, and experimental models for primates. The method is also useful in assaying and screening for genes and reagents able to enhance the specific differentiation of tissues or cells, and which are useful in preparing desired cells or tissues differentiated from ES cells.
摘要:
The object of the present invention is to provide an agent for specific adsorption of type 5 adenoviral vector to undifferentiated blood cells which enables infection with a viral concentration that does not impart toxicity to undifferentiated blood cells, without requiring the construction of a new viral genome, or special modification of viral particles such as biotination, etc. The above objective has been achieved by providing a polypeptide which has affinity for both adenovirus and undifferentiated blood cells. Use of the polypeptide of the present invention enables improved efficiency of adenoviral vector-mediated gene transfer of any gene to undifferentiated blood cells, and there is provided a method of introducing any gene for which transient expression in these cells is desired. In particular, the method is useful for intracellular DNA recombination by transiently expressing site-specific recombinase, and for induction into any cells of different lines by transient expression of master genes.
摘要:
Disclosed is an expression control system with which any gene of interest can be transferred into mammalian cells to thereby change the nature thereof and the gene can be excised at any time by administering a low molecular weight compound to the cells. Specifically disclosed is a vector satisfying specific requirements when inserted into the genome of a mammalian cell.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of evaluating the possibility of a stem cell being able to differentiate into a cell that constitutes a desired tissue in a living organism, comprising the following steps of: (1) transplanting a stem cell to be evaluated into a primordium of a desired tissue of a non-human mammal, (2) culturing the tissue primordium in vitro, and (3) determining the possibility that the stem cell differentiates into a cell that constitutes the tissue in a living organism, with the degree of the dispersion of cells derived from the transplanted stem cell in the cultured tissue primordium as an index.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for transplanting lymphohematopoietic cells into a mammal, which comprises the step of injecting cells into a bone marrow cavity, and wherein the cells have an exogenous gene encoding a receptor that induces cell proliferation in response to ligand binding. By combining intra-bone marrow transplantation (iBMT) and selective amplifier gene (SAG), marrow conditioning before the injection of the cells can be omitted. The present invention further provides a bone marrow transplant and a kit for transplanting lymphohematopoietic cells into mammals. Furthermore, the invention provides an SAG particularly suitable for such transplantation.