Vascular progenitors generated from tankyrase inhibitor-regulated naïve diabetic human iPSC potentiate efficient revascularization of ischemic retina

oleh: Tea Soon Park, Ludovic Zimmerlin, Rebecca Evans-Moses, Justin Thomas, Jeffrey S. Huo, Riya Kanherkar, Alice He, Nensi Ruzgar, Rhonda Grebe, Imran Bhutto, Michael Barbato, Michael A. Koldobskiy, Gerard Lutty, Elias T. Zambidis

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-03-01

Deskripsi

hPSCs in culture acquire a more naïve pluripotent state upon tankyrase inhibition. Here, the authors show that tankyrase inhibitor-regulated naïve hiPSCs from diabetic donors generate more vascular progenitors and more efficient engraftment into mouse retina than conventional PSCs.