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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2018
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Megakaryon Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Kyoto, JP;
MEGAKARYON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Healthy functional platelets are mass produced. A method for producing platelets, comprising: (1) a culture step of culturing megakaryocytes in a platelet producing medium in the presence of mechanical stress and platelet production promoting factors including MIF, NRDc, IGFBP2, TSP-1, PAI-1, and CCL5, and (2) a harvest step of harvesting the platelets obtained by the culture step; wherein the culture step comprises: (a) a step of promoting a release of the platelet production promoting factors from megakaryocytes by mechanical stress; and/or (b) a step of externally adding platelet production promoting factors including MIF, NRDc, and IGFBP2.