申请人:The UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
公开号:US20140227780A1
公开(公告)日:2014-08-14
An agent for inducing production of megakaryocytes and/or platelets from pluripotent stem cells which is useful for treatment of disease accompanied by a decrease in platelets is provided. A method for producing megakaryocytes and/or platelets, including separating hematopoietic progenitor cells from the septal cells in sac-like structures produced by pluripotent stem cells, and culturing the hematopoietic progenitor cells ex vivo in the presence of a compound represented by the formula (I)
where R
1
to R
7
, W, X, Y, Z, Ar
1
and n are as defined in the description to differentiate them into megakaryocytes and/or platelets.