DNER-MEDIATED CELL PURIFICATION OF PANCREATIC ENDOCRINE PRE-PROGENITOR CELLS AND THEIR PROGENY
First Claim
1. A method of identification of cells that have the potential to differentiate into pancreatic cells, the method comprising contacting a cell population comprising cells selected from the group consisting of endocrine pre-progenitor cells, endocrine progenitor cells, early endocrine cells, and/or fully differentiated endocrine cells with a DNER binding reagent wherein the cells that bind to the DNER reagent (DNER-positive cells) have the potential to differentiate into pancreatic cells.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of identifying and obtaining a culture cells comprising cells selected from the group consisting of endocrine pre-progenitor cells, endocrine progenitor cells, early endocrine cells, and/or fully differentiated endocrine cells. Also contemplated is a method of expanding the number of such cells as well as sorting such cells. In some aspects the invention further relates to a selective cell surface marker, DNER, that permits the selection of a unique subset of cells with endocrine pre-progenitor, endocrine progenitor, early endocrine, and/or fully differentiated endocrine phenotype. In some aspects the selective cell surface marker is selected from the group consisting of DNER, DISP2, SEZ6L2, LRP1 1 and SLC30A8. Furthermore, the invention relates to isolated cells selected from such cells and compositions thereof.
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- 1. A method of identification of cells that have the potential to differentiate into pancreatic cells, the method comprising contacting a cell population comprising cells selected from the group consisting of endocrine pre-progenitor cells, endocrine progenitor cells, early endocrine cells, and/or fully differentiated endocrine cells with a DNER binding reagent wherein the cells that bind to the DNER reagent (DNER-positive cells) have the potential to differentiate into pancreatic cells.
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7. A method of quantifying DNER positive pancreatic cells by a) contacting the cells with a DNER binding reagent;
- and b) determining the quantity of cells that bind the DNER reagent (DNER positive cells).
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