申请人:Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
公开号:EP2484754A1
公开(公告)日:2012-08-08
The present invention relates to a method for the production of differentiated respiratory epithelial cells comprising: (a) providing a cell population comprising or consisting of precursor cells of respiratory epithelial cells; (b) culturing the cell population of in culture medium to which keratinocyte growth factor has been added; wherein the cultured cell population is supplemented with a glucocorticoid, a cAMP analogue and a cAMP elevating agent and wherein said supplementation is either simultaneously with the addition of keratinocyte growth factor in step (b) or prior or subsequently to the addition of keratinocyte growth factor in step (b), thereby differentiating said precursor cells into respiratory epithelial cells. The present invention further relates to the cell(s) obtained by the method of the invention for use in treating or preventing a respiratory disease and to a method for identifying a compound having an pharmacological, cytotoxic, proliferative, transforming or differentiating effect on the differentiated respiratory epithelial cells obtained by the method of the invention.
本发明涉及一种生产分化的呼吸道上皮细胞的方法,包括(a) 提供由呼吸道上皮细胞前体细胞组成的细胞群; (b) 在加入角质细胞生长因子的培养基中培养细胞群;其中,培养的细胞群补充糖皮质激素、cAMP 类似物和 cAMP 升高剂,并且所述补充与步骤(b)中添加角质形成细胞生长因子同时进行,或在步骤(b)中添加角质形成细胞生长因子之前或之后进行,从而将所述前体细胞分化为呼吸道上皮细胞。本发明还涉及通过本发明方法获得的用于治疗或预防呼吸系统疾病的细胞,以及鉴定对通过本发明方法获得的分化呼吸道上皮细胞具有药理、细胞毒性、增殖、转化或分化作用的化合物的方法。