Methods For Producing Enriched Populations of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells
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Abstract
This invention relates to methods for improved cell-based therapies for retinal degeneration and for differentiating human embryonic stem cells and human embryo-derived into retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells and other retinal progenitor cells.
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19. Isolated RPE cells spontaneously differentiated from human embryonic stem cells, wherein said isolated RPE cells are free from cells that express Oct4, Sox2, or TDGF1, and wherein said isolated RPE cells can be maintained in culture in RPE medium, wherein said RPE medium consist of 50% MEF medium and 50% EB medium, wherein said MEF medium consists of high glucose DMEM, 2 mM GlutaMAX I, and 500 μ
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g/ml streptomycin and 16% fetal calf serum (FCS), and wherein said EB medium consists of knockout high glucose DMEM, 500 μ
g/ml Penicillin, 500 μ
g/ml streptomycin, 1% non-essential amino acids solution, 2 mM GlutaMAX I, 0.1 mM beta-mercaptoethanol, 4 ng/ml bFGF, 1 ng/ml human LIF, 8.4% of Serum Replacement and 8.4% PLASMANATE®
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