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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Uichi Koshimizu, Osaka, JP;
Tomofumi Tanaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Kayoko Kawashima, Takatsuki, JP;
Michinori Kadokura, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Uichi Koshimizu, Osaka, JP;
Tomofumi Tanaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Kayoko Kawashima, Takatsuki, JP;
Michinori Kadokura, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for inducing differentiation of cardiomyocytes efficiently and selectively from stem cells. A method for inducing differentiation of cardiomyocytes from pluripotent stem cells, which comprises: (i) culturing the pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium containing no substance that promotes activation of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway during the time period between initiation of differentiation induction and 24 hours before the period of elevated canonical Wnt gene expression; and then (ii) culturing the pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium containing a substance that promotes activation of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway during a time period of 24 to 96 hours, starting from 24 to 0 hours before the period of elevated canonical Wnt gene expression.