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. 2022 Jan 5;19(4):460–481. doi: 10.1038/s41423-021-00808-3

Table 3.

Expansion system of NK cell derived from iPSC or ESC

Feeder cells NK: feeder cells Medium Culture time Expansion fold Purity of NK Ref.
initial Expanded
K562-CD64-CD86-41BBL-CD19-mbIL21 D0 1:2; Weekly 1:1 RPMI 1640 + 10% FBS + 50 IU/ml rhIL-2 + l-glutamine + P/S 6 weeks >108-fold ~10% ~80% [159]
K562-CD64-CD86-41BBL-CD19-mbIL21 D0 1:2; Weekly 1:1 RPMI 1640 + 15% FBS + 1% P/S + 50 U/ml IL-2 >6 weeks 102~103-fold 70-95% >99% [183]
K562-CD64-CD86-41BBL-CD19-mbIL21 D0 1:2; Weekly 1:1 RPMI 1640 + 10 % FBS + 2 mM l-glutamine + 1 % P/S + 50 U/mL IL-2 >6 weeks >103-fold No mentioned No mentioned [240, 243]
K562-CD64-CD86-41BBL-CD19-mbIL21 D0 1:2; Weekly 1:1 RPMI 1640 + 10 % FBS + 2 mM l-glutamine + 1 % P/S + 50 U/mL IL-2 No mentioned a several log-fold >97% >97% [184]
K562-CD64-CD86-41BBL-CD19-mbIL21 D0 1:2; Weekly 1:1 60% DMEM + 30% Ham’s F12 + 10% human AB serum + 20 µM β-ME + 50 µM ethanolamine + 20 µg/ml ascorbic Acid + 5 ng/ml sodium selenite + 10 mM HEPES + and 100–250 IU/ml IL-2 No mentioned No mentioned No mentioned No mentioned [189]
K562-CD64-CD86-41BBL-CD19-mbIL21 D0 1:2; Weekly 1:1 RPMI 1640 + 10 % FBS + 2 mM l-glutamine + 1 % P/S + 50 U/mL IL-2 4 weeks >103-fold 95% No mentioned [164, 182]
K562-CD64-CD86-41BBL-CD19-mbIL21 D0 1:2; Weekly 1:1 RPMI 1640 + 15% FBS + 1% P/S + 50 U/ml IL-2 No mentioned No mentioned No mentioned No mentioned [131, 145]
K562-CD64-CD86-41BBL-CD19-mbIL21 D0 1:2; Weekly 1:1 RPMI 1640 + 2 mM l-glutamine + 1% P/S + 1% nonessential amino acids + 10% standard FBS or 10% human serum AB + 50-100 U/mL IL2 No mentioned No mentioned No mentioned No mentioned [245]
K562-mbIL15-41BBL cells 1:10 No mentioned 2 weeks 74-fold No mentioned No mentioned [179]
irradiated PBMC No mentioned No mentioned 2 weeks 66-fold No mentioned No mentioned [113]

mbIL21 membrane-bound IL-21, P/S penicillin–streptomycin, β-ME β-mercaptoethanol.