Project description:Transcriptome comparison of CRISPRa induced human pluripotent stem cell lines, control iPSC line induced with Sendai viral vectors, H9 embryonic stem cell line and human foreskin fibroblasts.
Project description:Comparison of DNA methylation in CRISPRa induced human pluripotent stem cell lines, control iPSC line induced with Sendai viral vectors, H9 embryonic stem cell line and human foreskin fibroblasts.
Project description:Analysis of induced keratinocyte stem cells from male/female urine cells (MiKSC/FiKSC) by defined transcription factors vs. foreskin derived primary human neonatal epidermal keratinocytes (pKC) and male/female urine cells (MUC/FUC). Results provide insight into molecular similarities between induced keratinocyte stem cells and human foreskin derived primary human neonatal epidermal keratinocytes.
Project description:Patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) lack functional Type VII collagen and suffer severe blistering and chronic wounds that ultimately lead to infection and development of lethal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and the ability to edit the genome bring the possibility to provide definitive genetic therapy through corrected autologous tissues. We have formed a multidisciplinary team with the ultimate goal to develop an iPSC-based therapy for RDEB. Here, we present a clinical protocol that generates autologous, corrected epithelial keratinocyte sheets with the COL7A1 gene mutation corrected for grafting on to patients. We demonstrate the utility of sequential reprogramming and novel adenovirus-associated viral genome editing to generate corrected iPSC banks. iPSC-derived keratinocytes were produced with minimal heterogeneity and secreted wild-type collagen VII, resulting in stratified epidermis in vitro and in vivo in mice. Sequencing of corrected cell lines prior to tissue formation revealed heterogeneity of SCC-predisposing mutations, allowing us to select COL7A1 corrected banks with minimal mutational burden for downstream epidermis production. Our results provide a first clinical platform to use iPSCs in the treatment of debilitating genodermatoses. Microarray analysis of iPS-derived keratinocytes from two RDEB patients (iPS-K1 and iPS-K3), corresponding patient keratinocytes (AHK1 and AHK2), normal human keratinocytes (NHK), as well as H9 human embryonic stem cells (hESC - H9). All samples were analyzed in duplicate and differential gene expression was measured relative to H9.
Project description:Whole genome expression array comparison of primary keratinocytes to retinoic acid-differentiated hES cell derivatives Cells were differentiated according to Metallo et al. Stem Cells 2008 A 3 chip study was conducted using competitive hybridization comparing pFKs to hEKs obtained in 3 independent differentiation experiments
Project description:We report transcriptome analysis of human embryonic stem cells and in vitro differentiated neural stem cells, comparing wild type H9, UGP2 homozygous knock-out and UGP2 mutant cells harboring a homozygous A>G nucleotide change affecting the start codon of UGP2 isoform 2 that was introduced by CRISPR-Cas9 engineering
Project description:miRNA profiling of human H9-derived neural stem cells (H9-NSCs) comparing control human adult dermal fibroblasts (hDFs), SOX2-transduced human induced neural stem cells (hDF-iNSC (SOX2)), SOX2/HMGA2-transduced human induced neural stem cells (hDF-iNSC (SOX2/HMGA2)). Goal was to determine the global miRNA expression between the groups.
Project description:During development, neural crest cells are induced by signaling events at the neural plate border of all vertebrate embryos. Initially arising within the central nervous system, NC cells subsequently undergo an epithelial to mesenchymal transition to migrate into the periphery, where they differentiate into diverse cell types. Here we provide evidence that postnatal human epidermal keratinocytes, in response to FGF2 and IGF1 signals, can be reprogrammed toward a neural crest fate. Genome-wide transcriptome analyses show that keratinocyte-derived NC cells are similar to those derived from human embryonic stem cells. Moreover, they give rise in vitro and in vivo to neural crest derivatives such as peripheral neurons, melanocytes, Schwann cells and mesenchymal cells (osteocytes, chondrocytes, adipocytes and smooth muscle). By demonstrating that human KRT14+ keratinocytes can form neural crest cells, even from clones of single cells, our results have important implications in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.
