申请人:CITY OF HOPE
公开号:US11413286B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-16
Disclosed herein are methods of reprograming autologous tissues or cells into astrocytes or astroglial progenitor cells using one or more small molecule compounds only without any transgenes. Also disclosed are methods of preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases or neurological disorders associated with dysfunction of astrocytes, such as Alzheimer's Disease, by transplanting the astrocytes or astroglial progenitor cells produced by the methods disclosed herein into the brain of a subject suffering from the neurodegenerative disease or neurological disorder.
本文公开了仅使用一种或多种小分子化合物而不使用任何转基因将自体组织或细胞重编程为星形胶质细胞或星形胶质祖细胞的方法。还公开了预防或治疗与星形胶质细胞功能障碍有关的神经退行性疾病或神经系统疾病(如阿尔茨海默病)的方法,方法是将通过本文公开的方法产生的星形胶质细胞或星形胶质祖细胞移植到患有神经退行性疾病或神经系统疾病的患者的大脑中。