Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Whole live micro-organism – cell – or virus containing
Reexamination Certificate
2009-06-23
2011-11-22
Bertoglio, Valarie (Department: 1632)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Whole live micro-organism, cell, or virus containing
C435S377000, C435S375000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08062632
ABSTRACT:
A method for making hepatocytes from extrahepatic somatic stem cells comprises: a) culturing somatic stem cells in a medium comprising hepatic growth factor to cause the stem cells to differentiate toward hepatocytes; b) culturing cells from a) in a medium comprising HGF and oncostatin M to facilitate the cell differentiation toward hepatocytes; and c) culturing cells from b) in a medium comprising oncostatin M to cause the differentiated cells to mature into hepatocytes, thereby producing a cell population that has morphological features of hepatocytes and at least four of the following characteristics: i) antibody-detectable expression of albumin; ii) real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction-detectable expression of α-fetoprotein, HNF-1α, HNF-3β, HNF-4, HNF-6, α1-antitrypsin, alkaline phosphatase, tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase, tyrosine aminotransferase, cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily E polypeptide 1, glutamine synthetase, and/or low density lipoprotein receptor; iii) urea secretion; iv) cytochrome p450 enzyme activity; v) glycogen storage; and vi) low density lipoprotein uptake.
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Kuo Tom Kwang-Chun
Lee Oscar Kuang-Sheng
Bertoglio Valarie
Intellectual Property Connections, Inc.
National Yang-Ming University
Saunders Hsiu-Ming
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