Induced Pluripotency: A Powerful Tool for In Vitro Modeling

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Henrieta Skovierova¹  Jan Strnadel¹  Erika Halasova¹  Romana Zahumenska²  Terezia Okajcekova²  Marek Smolar³  Vladimir Nosal³ 

[1] Biomedical Centre Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia;Department of Medical Biochemistry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia;Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, University Hospital in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia;

关键词: cell reprogramming;    induced pluripotent stem cells;    neural precursor cells;    in vitro biomedical models;    disease modeling;    neurodegenerative disease;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijms21238910

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

One of the greatest breakthroughs of regenerative medicine in this century was the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology in 2006 by Shinya Yamanaka. iPSCs originate from terminally differentiated somatic cells that have newly acquired the developmental capacity of self-renewal and differentiation into any cells of three germ layers. Before iPSCs can be used routinely in clinical practice, their efficacy and safety need to be rigorously tested; however, iPSCs have already become effective and fully-fledged tools for application under in vitro conditions. They are currently routinely used for disease modeling, preparation of difficult-to-access cell lines, monitoring of cellular mechanisms in micro- or macroscopic scales, drug testing and screening, genetic engineering, and many other applications. This review is a brief summary of the reprogramming process and subsequent differentiation and culture of reprogrammed cells into neural precursor cells (NPCs) in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) conditions. NPCs can be used as biomedical models for neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), which are currently considered to be one of the major health problems in the human population.

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