The present invention aims to provide a retinal tissue rich in cone photoreceptor precursors and/or cone photoreceptors, a retinal tissue rich in rod photoreceptor precursors and/or rod photoreceptors, and a production method thereof and the like. i) A method for increasing a proportion of a cone photoreceptor precursor and a cone photoreceptor in a photoreceptor precursor and a photoreceptor contained in a retinal tissue, including a step of culturing a retinal tissue, in an initial developmental stage to a stage where an emergence rate of a cone photoreceptor precursor reaches maximum, in a medium containing a dorsalization signal transmitter at a concentration sufficient to suppress expression of a ventral marker, or ii) a method for increasing a proportion of a rod photoreceptor precursor and a rod photoreceptor in a photoreceptor precursor and a photoreceptor contained in a retinal tissue, including a step of culturing a retinal tissue, in an initial developmental stage to a stage where an emergence rate of a cone photoreceptor precursor reaches maximum, in a medium containing a ventralization signal transmitter at a concentration sufficient to promote expression of a ventral marker.
本发明旨在提供一种富含视锥光感受器前体和/或视锥光感受器的视网膜组织、一种富含杆状光感受器前体和/或杆状光感受器的视网膜组织及其生产方法等。i) 一种增加视网膜组织中所含感光前体和感光体中锥体感光前体和锥体感光体比例的方法,包括以下步骤:在初始发育阶段到锥体感光前体出现率达到最大值的阶段,在含有背化信号传递体的
培养基中培养视网膜组织,
培养基的浓度足以抑制腹侧标记物的表达、或 ii)一种提高视网膜组织中包含的感光前体和感光体中杆感光前体和杆感光体比例的方法,包括以下步骤:在含有腹侧化
信号转导物的
培养基中,以足以促进腹侧标记表达的浓度,将视网膜组织从初始发育阶段培养到锥感光前体出现率达到最大值的阶段。