Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons Differentiated from Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.

We present a differential step-by-step methodology for generating mDAN directly from human-induced pluripotent stem cells cultured with E8 medium on Geltrex, without culture on primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts prior to mDAN differentiation, and subsequent exposure of neurons to rock inhibitor during passages for improving cell viability. The protocol described here allows obtaining mDAN with phenotypical and functional characteristics suitable for in vitro modeling, cell transplantation, and drug screening. PMID: 30656624 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Mol Biol Cell - Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Tags: Methods Mol Biol Source Type: research