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. 2022 Jun 29;13:930963. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.930963

Figure 3.

Figure 3

A synthesis of pluripotent stem cells thymic differentiation strategies. A decade of advances in thymic differentiation resulted in perfected protocols allowing production of mature mTEC by mimicking the thymic organogenesis in vitro. For each reference, cell type used, pathway-modulating molecules timings and concentrations are indicated, as well as results in terms of nature of the obtained cells and their ability to induce T cell maturation. ActivinA (ActA), Fibroblast growth factors 7,8,10 (FGF7-8-10), Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 (BMP4), LiCl (Lithium Chloride), Retinoic acid (RA), Cyclopamine (CPM, hedgehog inhibitor), Sonic Hedgehog (SHH), LY364947 (TGFβ inhibitor), SB43 (TGFβ inhibitor), Wingless family member 3 (WNT3), IWR1 (WNT inhibitor), Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF), CHIR99 (WNT3 agonist), LDN19 (BMP inhibitor), Noggin (NOG), SANT1 (Hedgehog inhibitor), Smoothened Agonist (SAG, Hedgehog agonist).