There is provided a method for efficient differentiation induction from human pluripotent stem cells into hypothalamic neurons. Also, provided is a method for constructing, from human pluripotent stem cells, a cellular structure in which hypothalamic tissue and pituitary tissue are integrated. A cellular structure including hypothalamic tissue is obtained by a method including the steps of: culturing an aggregate of human pluripotent stem cells in suspension in a medium containing a low concentration of a bone morphogenetic protein signal transduction pathway activating substance and a low concentration of a substance acting on the Shh signaling pathway; and further culturing the cell aggregate obtained in the step in suspension in a medium containing a low concentration of a substance acting on the Shh signaling pathway. Also, a cellular structure including hypothalamic tissue and pituitary tissue is obtained by a method including the steps of: culturing an aggregate of human pluripotent stem cells in suspension in a medium containing a bone morphogenetic protein signal transduction pathway activating substance and a substance acting on the Shh signaling pathway; further culturing the cell aggregate formed in the step in suspension in a medium containing a bone morphogenetic protein signal transduction pathway activating substance and a substance acting on the Shh signaling pathway; and culturing the cell aggregate obtained in the step in suspension in a medium suitable for simultaneous induction of pituitary and hypothalamus.
                            提供了一种将人类多能干细胞高效诱导分化为
下丘脑神经元的方法。此外,还提供了一种利用人体多能干细胞构建
下丘脑组织和垂体组织整合的细胞结构的方法。一种包括
下丘脑组织的细胞结构是通过包括以下步骤的方法获得的:在含有低浓度骨形态发生蛋白
信号转导通路激活物质和低浓度作用于 Shh 
信号转导通路的物质的
培养基中,悬浮培养人多能干细胞聚集体;以及在含有低浓度作用于 Shh 
信号转导通路的物质的
培养基中,进一步悬浮培养在该步骤中获得的细胞聚集体。另外,通过包括以下步骤的方法获得包括
下丘脑组织和垂体组织的细胞结构:在含有骨形态发生蛋白
信号转导通路激活物质和一种作用于 Shh 
信号转导通路的物质的
培养基中,悬浮培养人多能干细胞聚集体;在含有骨形态发生蛋白
信号转导通路激活物质和一种作用于 Shh 
信号转导通路的物质的
培养基中,进一步悬浮培养步骤中形成的细胞聚集体;以及在适合同时诱导垂体和
下丘脑的
培养基中,悬浮培养步骤中获得的细胞聚集体。