Table 2 Expandable progenitors with immortalization

From: Expandable progenitors from induced pluripotent stem cells

Expandable progenitors

Transduction for immortalization

Starting cells

Final products

Expandable cardiac progenitor cells7

MYC (doxycycline-inducible)

hPSCs

• Cardiomyocytes

• Smooth muscle cells

• Endothelial cells

Immortalized megakaryocyte progenitor cell lines8

MYC, BMI1, BCL2L1 (doxycycline-inducible)

hPSCs

Platelets

Immortalized erythrocyte progenitor cells9

MYC, BCL2L1 (doxycycline-inducible)

hPSCs

Erythrocytes

hiPSC-derived erythroid progenitor cells10

HPV16-E6/E7 (doxycycline-inducible)

hiPSCs

Erythrocytes

  1. hPSC, human pluripotent stem cell; hiPSC, human induced pluripotent stem cell; HPV16, human papilloma virus 16.
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