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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Kaoru Miyamoto, Fukui, JP;
Takashi Yazawa, Fukui, JP;
Akihiro Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To control the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into steroid hormone producing cells. Mesenchymal stem cells can be differentiated into steroid hormone-producing cells by being stimulated by a transcriptional factor (SF-1), preferably by the transcriptional factor (SF-1) and cAMP. The present invention is a method for differentiating mesenchymal stem cells into steroid hormone producing cells, comprising stimulating the mesenchymal stem cells by the transcriptional factor (SF-1). The mesenchymal stem cells may be further stimulated by cAMP.