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In Vitro Differentiation of T Cells: From Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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In this chapter, we describe a protocol for hematopoietic differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), including embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from non-T cells, followed by the differentiation of the T-cell lineage. Derivation of T cells from PSCs involves three steps: induction of PSCs to hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), differentiation of HPCs into progenitor T cells, and maturation of progenitor T cells into mature T cells (CD8 single-positive (SP) or CD4 SP).

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We thank Mr. Shuichi Kitayama and Ms. Ayako Kumagai for help in the preparation. This work is supported in part by KAKENHI to S.I. and S.K.

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Iriguchi, S., Kaneko, S. (2019). In Vitro Differentiation of T Cells: From Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. In: Kaneko, S. (eds) In Vitro Differentiation of T-Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2048. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9728-2_6

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