Snu Rdb Foundation

Seoul National University

Amorepacific Corporation

Young Bae Park

Hyo Soo Kim

Yoo Wook Kwon

Young Jin Cho

Won Seok Park

Hyun Jae Kang

Eun Ju Lee

Sang Eun Lee

Ah Reum Kim

Jun Ho Chung

Su Na Kim

Sahmin Lee

Jae Seung Paek

Hyun Chae Lee

The present disclosure relates to a method for inducing pluripotent stem cells by inducing reprogramming and/or dedifferentiation of differentiated adult cells using shikimic acid, a plant extract or plant stem cells containing shikimic acid and an extract of dedifferentiated stem cells (callus), pluripotent stem cells prepared by the method and a composition containing the pluripotent stem cells. In accordance with the present disclosure, ethical concerns implicated with the use of eggs to prepare pluripotent stem cells such as embryonic stem cell can be resolved. And, because the plant stem cell extract unharmful to human is used, pluripotent stem cells with proven safety can be prepared and they may be used to develop immunocompatible cell therapy agents suited for individuals. In addition, by pluripotent stem cells from individuals having diseases, the present disclosure will be very useful in studying the cause of diseases and devolving therapeutic strategy.

Method for inducing pluripotent stem cells and pluripotent stem cells prepared by said method

The present invention concerns a human resistin receptor. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for screening a receptor of human resistin protein, a method for preventing or treating an inflammatory disease and arteriosclerosis using an expression- or activity-regulator for a human resistin receptor, and a pharmaceutical composition including an expression- or activity-regulator for the human resistin receptor. The method for screening a human resistin protein receptor according to the present invention enables separation of a receptor which directly binds to resistin from human monocyte, reveals a mechanism of signal transduction of the resistin receptor, and therefore, is expected to contribute to regulation of an inflammatory effect of monocyte, molecular detection of causes for vascular inflammation and arteriosclerosis, and developments of prevention and a treating agent for an inflammatory disease and arteriosclerosis.

Human resistin receptor and use thereof

Provided is a method for producing mesenchymal stem cells from human pluripotent stem cells, the method including: a) forming embryonic bodies from human pluripotent stem cells; b) attaching the embryonic bodies to a culture dish to induce natural differentiation of the embryonic bodies into mesenchymal stem cells; and c) performing continuous proliferative culturing of the mesenchymal stem cells while still maintaining the identity of the mesenchymal stem cells. Also, provided is a standardized method for inducing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, which can be broadly applied to all human pluripotent stem cells regardless of a difference in the genetic background thereof. Ultimately, the present invention can continuously mass-produces the mesenchymal stem cells necessary for regenerative medicine and cell therapy by using human pluripotent stem cells, thereby realizing practical uses of cell therapy products, and further the present invention is expected to highly contribute to treatments of incurable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and neurological disorders.

Mesenchymal stem cells produced from human pluripotent stem cells

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