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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Janssen Biotech, Inc., Horsham, PA (US);
Inventors:
Alireza Rezania, Raritan, NJ (US);
Benjamin Fryer, Horsham, PA (US);
Assignee:
Janssen Biotech, Inc., Horsham, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/071 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0676 (2013.01); C12N 2501/115 (2013.01); C12N 2501/117 (2013.01); C12N 2501/155 (2013.01); C12N 2501/16 (2013.01); C12N 2501/39 (2013.01); C12N 2501/405 (2013.01); C12N 2501/41 (2013.01); C12N 2501/70 (2013.01); C12N 2501/998 (2013.01); C12N 2506/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for increasing the expression of MAFA in cells expressing markers characteristic of the pancreatic endocrine lineage comprising the steps of culturing the cells expressing markers characteristic of the pancreatic endocrine lineage in medium comprising a sufficient amount of a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor to cause an increase in expression of MAFA.