iPSC Differentiation Services
Discover Our iPSC Differentiated Cell Services
With the convenience of cell line models and the biorelevance of primary cells, iPSC-differentiated cell lines are an ideal, cutting-edge resource for disease modeling, drug discovery and screening, and regenerative medicine. Applied StemCell (ASC) offers comprehensive customized service to differentiate iPSCs to many different progenitor and lineage-committed cell types (neural stem cells, cardiomyocytes, RPE, hematopoietic Progenitors, and more), thereby expanding the scope of your research, drug discovery, or drug screening projects. Our custom iPSC differentiation service offers:
- High efficiency, non-integrating differentiation protocols for different lineages
- High Purity, progenitor and lineage-committed cell lines as determined by lineage-specific biomarkers
- Differentiation from healthy/disease iPSC lines: customer cell lines, ASC’s control iPSC lines, or genetically engineered iPSCs
- Isogenic cell line model development from parent iPSC line
- Development of co-culture and organoid (islet organoid) models with multiple lineages is available
- Fast turnaround time
- GMP iPSC Differentiation Services Available >> Learn More
Our experts can differentiate your iPSCs or you can select from our inventory of well-characterized iPSC control lines. ASC even offers upstream iPSC generation from human or non-human samples and high-throughput CRISPR genome editing services. To learn more about our affordable, custom iPSC services contact us today.
iPSC Differentiation Service Categories:
We specialize in many different lineages: neural, hematopoietic, cardiovascular, photo receptors and more. See our not all-inclusive list of lineages we offer. Don’t see a lineage you are interested in? We also offer customized differentiation protocol development for lineages not listed.
- Natural Killer Cells
- Monocytes
- Macrophage
- Sensory Neurons
- Microglia
- GABAergic Neurons
- Skeletal Muscle
- Intestinal Organoid
- T Cells
- Neural Stem Cells
- Dopaminergic Neurons
- Oligodendrocytes
- Cholinergic Neuron
- Endothelial Cells
- Retinal Pigment Epithelium
- Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells
- Astrocytes
- Motor Neurons
- Excitatory Neurons
- Cardiomyocytes
- Hepatocytes
- Photoreceptor Cells
Applications for iPSC-derived Cells
iPSC-derived, lineage committed cells offer a novel resource for drug discovery and drug screening processes that is gaining immense popularity. Considered as a more biorelevant with promising translational value, they offer a high-throughput model for toxicity and safety pharmacology assessments, disease modeling and proof of concept experiments, and for cell therapy applications. Neural lineage cells are especially advantageous for early, high-throughput neurotoxicity screening of compounds reducing attrition rate.
Need a CRO for screening your compounds for neuro / cardio toxicity and drug screening? Explore our preclinical services platform.
We also offer cGMP compliant iPSC Differentiation Service >> Learn More
Case Studies
Neuronal iPSC-Derived Cells
Neural Progenitor Cells (NPCs)
Case Study 1
Figure 1. Immunostaining of the ASE-9740 Neural Progenitor Cells derived from Applied StemCell’s control iPSC line ASE-9211. The neural progenitor cells (NPCs) (Left, Red: Nestin; Blue: DAPI) can be further differentiated into neurons (Middle, Red: Tuj1; Blue: DAPI) and astrocytes (Right, Red: GFAP; Blue: DAPI).Astrocytes
Case Study 1
Project Description:- To differentiate astrocytes from Applied StemCell’s NIST Control Line, ASE-9211
Timeline:
- iPSC Recovery & Expansion
- Astrocyte Differentiation
- Antibody Staining (GFAP+, S100beta) (Flow Cytometry is Available if Inquired)
Turnaround time: 3-4 months
Figure 1. Bright Field Image of iPSC-derived Astrocytes from Applied StemCell’s (ASC’s) Control Line, ASE-9211.
Figure 2: Antibody Staining of the Astrocytes differentiated from the NIST Control Line, ASE-9211. The astrocytes differentiated from the ASC’s iPSC line were stained with the astrocyte markers GFAP and s100beta. Left Three Images: Top Image: GFAP (Green), Middle Image: DAPI (Blue), Bottom Image: GFAP (Green) & DAPI (Blue); Right Three Images: Top Image: s100beta (Red), Middle Image: DAPI (Blue), Bottom Image: s100beta (Red) & DAPI (Blue)
Cortical Neurons
Case Study 1
Figure 1. Immunostaining of ASE-9741 iPSC-derived Cortical Neurons for a cortical neuron biomarker. Cryopreserved cortical neurons, differentiated from Applied StemCell’s control iPSC line ASE-9211, were stained with Tuj1. (Red: Tuj1; Blue: DAPI)
Dopaminergic Neurons
Case Study 1
Figure 1. Immunostaining of the ASE-9742 Dopaminergic Neurons derived from the human iPSC control line ASE-9211. The progenitors were further differentiated into TH+ dopaminergic neurons in 3 weeks. The dopaminergic neurons were identified by TH.
Figure 2. Immunostaining of the ASE-9742 Dopaminergic Progenitors. The dopaminergic progenitors were identified by Corin, OTX2, and Nestin.
Publications
- Gupta, G., Gliga, A., Hedberg, J., Serra, A., Greco, D., Odnevall Wallinder, I., & Fadeel, B. Cobalt nanoparticles trigger ferroptosis‐like cell death (oxytosis) in neuronal cells: Potential implications for neurodegenerative disease. The FASEB Journal.
- Kussauer, S., David, R., & Lemcke, H. (2019). hiPSCs Derived Cardiac Cells for Drug and Toxicity Screening and Disease Modeling: What Micro-Electrode-Array Analyses Can Tell Us. Cells, 8(11), 1331.
- Cheng, F., Fransson, L. Å., & Mani, K. (2019). The cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-l-alanine prevents addition of heparan sulfate to glypican-1 and increases processing of amyloid precursor protein in dividing neuronal cells. Experimental Cell Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2019.03.041
- Daily, N. J., et al. (2017). High-Throughput Phenotyping of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes and Neurons Using Electric Field Stimulation and High-Speed Fluorescence Imaging. ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies. 15(4): 178-188. https://doi.org/10.1089/adt.2017.781
- Daily, N. J., Santos, R., Vecchi, J., Kemanli, P., & Wakatsuki, T. (2017). Calcium transient assays for compound screening with human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes: Evaluating new tools. Journal of evolving stem cell research, 1(2), 1.
- Daily, N. J., et al. (2015). Journal of Bioengineering & Biomedical Science, 2015.