Wakao Shohei, Kitada Masaaki, Kuroda Yasumasa, Dezawa Mari
Department of Stem Cell Biology and Histology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Methods Mol Biol. 2012;826:89-102. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-468-1_8.
We have found a novel type of pluripotent stem cells, Multilineage-differentiating stress enduring (Muse) cells that can be isolated from mesenchymal cell populations. Muse cells are characterized by stress tolerance, expression of pluripotency markers, self-renewal, and the ability to differentiate into endodermal-, mesodermal-, and ectodermal-lineage cells from a single cell, demonstrating that they are pluripotent stem cells. They can be isolated as cells positive for stage-specific embryonic antigen-3, a human pluripotent stem cell marker. Here, we introduce the isolation method for Muse cells and the effect of transplantation of these cells on chronic liver diseases.
我们发现了一种新型的多能干细胞,即多谱系分化应激耐受(Muse)细胞,它可从间充质细胞群体中分离出来。Muse细胞的特征包括应激耐受性、多能性标志物的表达、自我更新能力以及从单个细胞分化为内胚层、中胚层和外胚层谱系细胞的能力,这表明它们是多能干细胞。它们可以作为阶段特异性胚胎抗原-3(一种人类多能干细胞标志物)阳性的细胞被分离出来。在此,我们介绍Muse细胞的分离方法以及这些细胞移植对慢性肝病的影响。