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. 2015 Jul 14;7(11):1388–1402. doi: 10.15252/emmm.201505301

Table 1.

Generation of mature hematopoietic cells from pluripotent stem cell sources.

Cell type PSC source Embryoid bodies FCS Feeder cells Cytokines Reference
Myeloid cells Erythrocytes hESC (H1) Yes Yes No bFGF, VEGF, EPO, SCF, nFlt3-L, IL-3, IL-6, G-CSF, TPO Chang et al (2006)
hESC (H1) No Yes S17 and FH-B-hTERT (mFL stroma cells) Clonogenic assay: SCF, GM-CSF, IL-3, EPO Qiu et al (2005)
hESC No Yes mFL stroma cells Clonogenic assay: SCF, IL-3, IL-6, TPO, G-CSF, EPO Ma et al (2008)
hESC (H1), hiPSC No Yes OP9, MS5 TPO, IL-3, IL-6, Flt3-L, SCF, EPO Dias et al (2011)
hESC (H1) No Yes FH-B-hTERT, MS5 IL-3, BMP4, Flt3-L, SCF, EPO, IGF-1 Olivier et al (2006)
Megakaryocytes/platelets hESC (HES3, Envy, MEL1) Yes No No BMP4, VEGF, bFGF, SCF, TPO, IL-3 Pick et al (2013)
hESC (WA01) Yes Yes OP9 BMP4, VEGF, IL-3, Flt3-L, TPO, SCF, EPO Vanhee et al (2015)
hESC (MA09, NED07), hiPSC No No No BMP4, VEGF, bFGF, TPO, SCF, Flt3-L, IL-3, IL-6, IL-9 Feng et al (2014)
hESC (HuES3, MA01, MA09) No No OP9, C3H BMP4, VEGF, IL-6, IL-9, IL-11, bFGF, TPO, SCF Lu et al (2011)
Granulocytes hESC (KhES-3) Yes Yes No IGF-II, VEGF, SCF, Flt3-L, TPO, G-CSF Saeki et al (2009)
hESC (KhES-3) Yes Yes OP9 BMP4, SCF, Flt3-L, IL-6, TPO, G-CSF Yokoyama et al (2009)
hESC (KhES-1, 3), hiPSC Yes No No BMP4, VEGF, SCF, TPO, Flt3-L, IL-3, G-CSF Niwa et al (2011)
hiPSC Yes No No IL-3, G-CSF or GM-CSF Lachmann et al (2015)
hESC (H1, H9), hiPSC No Yes OP9 GM-CSF, G-CSF, IL-3, IL-5 Choi et al (2009)
hESC (HUES-2, KCL001, 002) Yes No No IL-3, M-CSF Karlsson et al (2008), van Wilgenburg et al (2013)
hESC (H9), hiPSC Yes No No IL-3, M-CSF, or GM-CSF Lachmann et al (2015)
hESC (H1, H9), hiPSC No Yes OP9 GM-CSF, M-CSF, IL-1b Choi et al (2009)
DCs hESC (H9) Yes hAS No SCF, Flt3-L, GM-CSF, IL-3, TPO, IL-4, TNF-α Su et al (2008)
hIPSC No Yes OP9 GM-CSF, M-SCF, IL-4, TNF-α Senju et al (2011)
hESC (H1, H9), hiPSC No Yes OP9 GM-CSF, IL-4, TNF-α Choi et al (2009)
Lymphoid cells NK cells hESSC (H1, HES-2), hiPSC Yes Yes OP9-DL4 BMP4, bFGF, Activin A, VEGF, IGF-1, IL-6, IL-11, SCF, IL-3, EPO, TPO, IL-13, Flt3-L, IL-15 Sturgeon et al (2014)
hESC (H9), hiPSC Yes hAS OP9-DL1 BMP-4, VEGF, SCF, IL-3, Il-6, TPO, EPO, IL-7, Flt3-L, IL-15 Ferrell et al (2015)
hESC (H9) No Yes S17, AFT024 (mFL cells) IL-15, IL-3, IL-7, SCF, Flt3-L Woll et al (2005)
T cells hESC (H1) Yes Yes OP9-DL4 BMP-4, bFGF, Activin A, VEGF, IL-6, IGF-1, IL-11, SCF, EPO, TPO, Flt3-L, IL-7, IL-15 Kennedy et al (2012)
hESSC (H1, HES-2), hiPSC Yes Yes OP9-DL4 BMP4, bFGF, Activin A, VEGF, IGF-1, IL-6, IL-11, SCF, IL-3, EPO, TPO, IL-3, Flt3-L, IL-7 Sturgeon et al (2014)
hESC (H1, H9), hiPSC No Yes OP9-DL1, OP9-DL4 BMP-4, bFGF, VEGF, TPO, SCF, IL-6, IL-3, IL-7, Flt3-L Uenishi et al (2014)
hESC (H1) No Yes OP9, OP9-DL1 Flt3-L, IL-7, SCF Timmermans et al (2009)
B cells hESC (H1, H9, ES03), Yes Yes OP9 BMP4, VEGF, FGF1, bFGF, SCF, Flt3-L, TPO, GM-CSF, IL-2, IL-4, IL-15, G-CSF, IL-3, IL-6, IL-7 Zambidis et al (2008)
hIPSC No Yes OP9, MS5 IL-7, IL-3, SCF, Flt3-L French et al (2015)

PSC, pluripotent stem cells; hESC, human embryonic stem cells; hiPS, human-induced pluripotent stem cells; bFGF, basic fibroblast growth factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; EPO, erythropoeitin; SCF, stem cell factor; Flt3-L, FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand; IL-3, interleukin-3; IL-6, interleukin-6; G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; TPO, thrombopoietin; FL, fetal liver; GM-CSF, granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor; BMP4, bone morphogenic protein 4; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor 1; IL-9, interleukin-9; IL-11, interleukin-11; IGF-II, insulin like-growth factor II; M-CSF, macrophage colony-stimulating factor; IL-1b, interleukin-1b; IL-4, interleukin-4; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-alpha; IL-7, interleukin-7; FGF1, fibroblast growth factor 1; IL-15, interleukin-15; hAS, human antibody serum; MΦ, macrophages; DCs, dendritic cells; NK, natural killer cells.