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US010280398B2 (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 10 ,280 , 398 B2 Studer et al. (45 ) Date of Patent: May 7 , 2019 ( 54 ) MIDBRAIN DOPAMINE (DA ) NEURONS FOR 5 ,523 , 226 A 6 / 1996 Wheeler ENGRAFTMENT 5 , 589 , 376 A 12 / 1996 Anderson et al . 6 ,610 , 540 B1 8 / 2003 Csete et al . 6 ,787 , 356 B1 9 /2004 Studer et al . (71 ) Applicant: MEMORIAL SLOAN -KETTERING 6 ,833 ,269 B2 12 /2004 Carpenter CANCER CENTER , New York , NY 6 , 887 , 706 B2 5 /2005 Zhang et al . (US ) 7 , 005 , 252 B1 2 / 2006 Thomson 7 ,011 , 828 B2 3 /2006 Reubinoff et al . 7 , 112 ,437 B2 9 / 2006 Pera ( 72 ) Inventors : Lorenz Studer , New York , NY (US ) ; 7 , 211 , 434 B2 5 / 2007 Van Der Kooy et al. Jae - Won Shim , New York , NY (US ) ; 7 , 252 , 995 B2 8 / 2007 Fu et al. Sonja Kriks , New York , NY (US ) 7 , 294 , 510 B2 11/ 2007 Okano et al. 7 ,297 , 539 B2 11/ 2007 Mandalam et al. (73 ) Assignee : MEMORIAL SLOAN -KETTERING (Continued ) CANCER CENTER , New York , NY (US ) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS ( * ) Notice : Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this CA 2923592 A1 3 /2015 CN 102191221 A 9 / 2011 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 EP 1 645 286 A1 4 /2006 U . S . C . 154 (b ) by 0 days . KR 101331034 B1 11/ 2013 ( 21) Appl . No. : 14 /356 , 042 (Continued ) ( 22 ) PCT Filed : Nov . 2 , 2012 OTHER PUBLICATIONS ( 86 ) PCT No. : PCT/ US2012 / 063339 MacDonald (2009 , Developmental Cell, 17 : 9 - 26 ). * Katoh , Cancer Biology and Therapy, 2006 , 5 : 1059 - 1064 . * $ 371 ( c ) ( 1 ), Gordon , 2006 , Journal of Biological Chemistry , 281: 22429 - 22433 . * ( 2 ) Date : May 2 , 2014 Willert , CSH Perspectives in Biology , 2012 , 4 : 1 - 13 . * Wang , Stem Cells and Development , 2010 , 19 : 1375 - 1383. * ( 87 ) PCT Pub . No. : W02013 / 067362 Thomson et al. (PNAS , 92: 7844 - 7848 ( Aug. 1995 ) ). * NIH ( Stem Cells : Scientific Progress and Future Research Direc PCT Pub . Date : May 10 , 2013 tions , Department of Health and Human Services, Chapter 1 , pp . (65 ) Prior Publication Data 1 - 4 , Jun . 2001 ) . * US 2015 /0010514 A1 Jan . 8 , 2015 (Continued ) Primary Examiner — Valarie E Bertoglio Related U . S . Application Data ( 74) Attorney , Agent, or Firm — Baker Botts L .L .P . (60 ) Provisional application No . 61/ 555, 828 , filed on Nov. 4 , 2011 . ( 57 ) ABSTRACT The present invention relates to the field of stem cell (51 ) Int. Cl. biology , in particular the lineage specific differentiation of C12N 5 / 02 ( 2006 . 01 ) pluripotent or multipotent stem cells , which can include , but C12N 5 / 00 ( 2006 . 01) is not limited to , human embryonic stem cells (hESC ) in C12N 5 /0793 ( 2010 .01 ) addition to nonembryonic human induced pluripotent stem A61K 35 / 30 ( 2015 . 01 ) cells (hiPSC ) , somatic stem cells , stem cells from patients C12N 5 /0797 (2010 . 01) with a disease , or any other cell capable of lineage specific ( 52 ) U . S . CI. differentiation . Specifically described are methods to direct CPC . .. .. .. .. C12N 5 /0619 ( 2013 . 01 ) ; A61K 35 / 30 the lineage specific differentiation of hESC and/ or hiPSC ( 2013 . 01 ) ; CI2N 5 / 0623 ( 2013 .01 ) ; C12N into floor plate midbrain progenitor cells and then further 2501 /01 ( 2013 . 01 ) ; C12N 2501 / 119 (2013 .01 ) ; into large populations of midbrain fate FOXA2 + LMX1A + C12N 2501 / 13 (2013 .01 ) ; C12N 2501/ 15 TH + dopamine (DA ) neurons using novel culture condi ( 2013 .01 ) ; C12N 2501 / 16 ( 2013 . 01 ) ; C12N tions . The midbrain fate FOXA2 + LMX1A + TH + dopamine 2501 /41 (2013 . 01 ) ; C12N 2501 /415 ( 2013 .01 ) ; (DA ) neurons made using the methods of the present inven C12N 2501/ 999 ( 2013 .01 ) ; CI2N 2506 /02 tion are further contemplated for various uses including , but ( 2013 .01 ) ; C12N 2506 /45 ( 2013 .01 ) not limited to , use in in vitro drug discovery assays , neu (58 ) Field of Classification Search rology research , and as a therapeutic to reverse disease of, or CPC . .. .. 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