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. 2019 Dec 19;14:46. doi: 10.1186/s13024-019-0347-z

Table 1.

Detailed summary of media compositions used for the differentiation of hPSCs into microglia-like cells

hPSCs Differentiation to Hematopoietic Progenitors Differentiation to Microglia Precursors Differentiation to Microglia-like Cells

Protocol 1

Muffat et al.

Day − 1 – 0

DMEM/F12

+ FBS (15%)

+KOSR (5%)

+FGF2 (4 ng/ml)

Day 0–14

Neurobasal Medium

+ N2 (100x)

+ B27 (50x)

+ CSF1 (10 ng/ml)

+ IL-34 (10 ng/ml)

Day 14–44

Neurobasal Medium

+ N2 (100x)

+ B27 (50x)

+ CSF1 (10 ng/ml)

+ IL-34 (10 ng/ml)

Day 44–74

Neurobasal Medium

+ N2 (100x)

+ B27 (50x)

+ CSF1 (5 ng/ml)

+ IL-34 (100 ng/ml)

Protocol 2

Pandya et al.

Day − 2 – 0

mTeSR1

Day 0–4

STEMdiff APEL

+ VEGF (30 ng/ml)

+ BMP4 (30 ng/ml)

+ SCF (40 ng/ml)

+ Activin A (50 ng/ml)

Day 4–15

STEMdiff APEL

+ BMP4 (25 ng/ml)

+ SCF (300 ng/ml)

+ IL-3 (10 ng/ml)

+ IL-6 (10 ng/ml)

+ Flt3L (300 ng/ml)

+ CSF3 (50 ng/ml)

Day 15–29 (Astrocyte-MGL coculture)

IMDM

+ FBS (10%)

+ IL-3 (20 ng/ml)

+ CSF1 (20 ng/ml) + CSF2 (20 ng/ml)

Protocol 3

Abud et al.

Day − 1 – 0

TeSR-E8

Day 0–2

IMDM/F12 (1:1)

+ ITSG-X (2%)

+ FGF2 (50 ng/ml)

+ BMP4 (50 ng/ml)

+ Activin A (12.5 ng/ml)

+ RhoKI (1 μM)

+ LiCl (2 mM)

Day 2–4

IMDM/F12 (1:1)

+ ITSG-X (2%)

+ FGF2 (50 ng/ml)

+ VEGF (50 ng/ml)

Day 4–10

IMDM/F12 (1:1)

+ ITSG-X (2%)

+ FGF2 (50 ng/ml)

+ VEGF (50 ng/ml)

+ TPO (50 ng/ml)

+ SCF (10 ng/ml)

+ IL-3 (10 ng/ml)

+ IL-6 (50 ng/ml)

Day 10–14

DMEM/F12 (1:1)

+ ITSG (2%)

+ insulin (5 μg/ml)

+ N2 (0.5%l)

+ B27 (2%)

+ CSF1 (25 ng/ml)

+ IL-34 (100 ng/ml)

+ TGF-β (50 ng/ml)

Day 14–35

DMEM/F12 (1:1)

+ ITSG (2%)

+ insulin (5 μg/ml)

+ N2 (0.5%l)

+ B27 (2%)

+ CSF1 (25 ng/ml)

+ IL-34 (100 ng/ml)

+ TGF-β (50 ng/ml)

Day 35–38

DMEM/F12 (1:1)

+ ITSG (2%)

+ insulin (5 μg/ml)

+ N2 (0.5%l)

+ B27 (2%)

+ CSF1 (25 ng/ml)

+ IL-34 (100 ng/ml)

+ TGF-β (50 ng/ml)

+ CD200 (100 ng/ml)

+ CXCL1 (100 ng/ml)

Protocol 4

Douvaras et al.

Day − 3 – 0

mTeSR1

Day 0–4

mTeSR1

+ BMP4 (80 ng/ml)

Day 4–6

StemPro-34 SFM

+ FGF2 (25 ng/ml)

+ VEGF (80 ng/ml)

+ SCF (100 ng/ml)

Day 6–14

StemPro-34 SFM

+ SCF (50 ng/ml)

+ TPO (5 ng/ml)

+ Flt3L (50 ng/ml)

+ IL-3 (50 ng/ml)

+ CSF1 (50 ng/ml)

Day 14–25/50

StemPro-34 SFM

+ Flt3L (50 ng/ml)

+ CSF1 (50 ng/ml)

+ CSF2 (25 ng/ml)

Day 25/50–45/65

RPMI-1640

+ CSF2 (10 ng/ml)

+ IL-34 (100 ng/ml)

Protocol 5

Haenseler et al.

Day − 2 – 0

mTeSR1

Day 0–4

mTeSR1

+ VEGF (50 ng/ml)

+ BMP4 (50 ng/ml)

+ SCF (20 ng/ml)

Day 4–14

X-VIVO15

+ IL-3 (25 ng/ml)

+ CSF1 (100 ng/ml)

Day 14–28/56

X-VIVO15

+ IL-3 (25 ng/ml)

+ CSF1 (100 ng/ml)

Day 28/56–42/70

Advanced DMEM/F12

+ N2 (1%)

+ IL-34 (100 ng/ml)

+ CSF1 (10 ng/ml)

Protocol 6

Takata et al.

Day − 1 – 0

mTeSR1

Day 0–2

StemPro-34 SFM

+ Transferrin (200 mg/ml)

+ BMP4 (5 ng/ml)

+ VEGF (50 ng/ml)

+ CHIR (2 μM)

Day 2–4

StemPro-34 SFM

+ Transferrin (200 mg/ml)

+ BMP4 (5 ng/ml)

+ VEGF (50 ng/ml)

+ FGF2 (20 ng/ml)

Day 4–6

StemPro-34 SFM

+ Transferrin (200 mg/ml)

+ VEGF (15 ng/ml)

+ FGF2 (5 ng/ml)

Day 6–12

StemPro-34 SFM

+ Transferrin (200 mg/ml)

+ VEGF (10 ng/ml)

+ FGF2 (10 ng/ml)

+ SCF (50 ng/ml)

+ IL-3 (20 ng/ml)

+ IL-6 (10 ng/ml)

+ DKK1 (30 ng/ml)

Day 12–16

StemPro-34 SFM

+ Transferrin (200 mg/ml)

+ FGF2 (10 ng/ml)

+ SCF (50 ng/ml)

+ IL-3 (20 ng/ml)

+ IL-6 (10 ng/ml)

Day 16–25

IMDM/F12 (3:1)

+ N2 (1%)

+ B27 (2%)

+ CSF1 (50 ng/ml)

Day 25–46 (Neuron-MGL coculture)

not reported