Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Republic of Korea

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Developmental Biology

Generation of Induced-pluripotent Stem Cells Using Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes Isolated from Joints of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Yeri Alice Rim^1,3, Narae Park¹, Yoojun Nam¹, Ji Hyeon Ju^2,3

¹CiSTEM Laboratory, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, Division of Rheumatology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Republic of Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Institute of Medical Science, Republic of Korea, ³College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea

Here we describe a protocol for generating human induced-pluripotent stem cells from patient-derived fibroblast-like synoviocytes, using a lentiviral system without feeder cells.

Developmental Biology

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Generation from Blood Cells Using Sendai Virus and Centrifugation

Yeri Alice Rim¹, Yoojun Nam¹, Ji Hyeon Ju²

¹CiSTEM Laboratory, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Marys Hospital, Institute of Medical Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

We propose a protocol for reprogramming peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). By plating the transduced blood cells onto matrix-coated plates with centrifugation, iPSCs are successfully induced from floating cells. This technique suggests a simple and effective reprogramming protocol for cells such as PBMCs and CBMCs.

Developmental Biology

Chondrogenic Pellet Formation from Cord Blood-derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Yoojun Nam¹, Yeri Alice Rim¹, Ji Hyeon Ju²

¹CiSTEM Laboratory, Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, Division of Rheumatology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Institute of Medical Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

Here, we propose a protocol for chondrogenic differentiation from cord blood mononuclear cell-derived human induced pluripotent stem cells.