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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Junya Toguchida, Kyoto, JP;
Shunsuke Kawai, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Kyoto, JP;
Cantas Alev, Kyoto, JP;
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for inducing osteogenic differentiation, the method comprising the following steps of: (1) culturing pluripotent stem cells under feeder-free conditions, (2) culturing the cells in a mixed culture medium of an osteogenic induction medium and a pluripotent stem cell medium, the mixed culture medium containing a ROCK inhibitor and a retinoic acid receptor α or β agonist, and (3) culturing the cells in an osteogenic induction medium containing the retinoic acid receptor α or β agonist. The method for inducing osteogenic differentiation according to the present invention is a simple, short-term, highly efficient and highly reproducible one-procedure method for inducing osteogenic differentiation, wherein the method is suitable for bone regeneration therapies, the development of bone metabolic drugs and the development of novel therapies for bone diseases.