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The authors wish to thank Xiaobin Zhang for his plasmid. We also thank Shaorong Gao and Qianfei Wang for their kind help during the experiment. This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81101346, 81271963, 81100331), the Beijing 215 high-level talent project (No.2014-3-025), and the Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital Fund (No. CYXX-2017-01), and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Y.L.).

The protocol for the generation of hiPSCs from PBCs can be found in our previous study5. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of our institution.
1. Embryoid Body (EB) Formation
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	<li>Make 50 mL of hiPSC medium: Knockout Dulbecco&#39;s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) supplemented with 15% knockout serum replacement (KSR), 5% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 1&#215; nonessential amino acids, 55 &#956;M 2-mercaptoethanol, 2 mM L-glutamine, and 8 ng/mL basi...

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Here, we provide a protocol to generate chondrocytes from PBCs via iPSCs. Because PBCs are more common and widely used in the clinical field, they are presented as a potential alternative for reprogramming. In this study, episomal vectors (EV) were utilized to reprogram PBCs into iPSCs, following the method established by Zhang et al.11. This integration-free approach does not involve integrating virus-associated genotoxicity, which is believed to have a broad effect in the clinical field...

An erratum was issued for: <a href="https://www.jove.com/video/55722/differentiating-chondrocytes-from-peripheral-blood-derived-human">Differentiating Chondrocytes from Peripheral Blood-derived Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells</a>.
The corresponding author was updated from:
Yueying Li 
yueyinglee2010@hotmail.com 
Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
The corresponding author is now listed as:
Tie Liu 
waterkins@163.com 
Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University

An erratum was issued for: <a href="https://www.jove.com/video/55722/differentiating-chondrocytes-from-peripheral-blood-derived-human">Differentiating Chondrocytes from Peripheral Blood-derived Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells</a>.

Erratum: Differentiating Chondrocytes from Peripheral Blood-derived Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Cartilage tissue has a very poor capacity for self-repair and regeneration. Various surgical interventions and biological treatments are used to restore cartilage and joint function, with unsatisfying results. The recent development of stem cell technology may change the entire cartilage repair field1. Various stem cells have been studied as seed cells, but human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) appear to be the most promising choice, as they can provide many types of patient-specific cells without causing rejection reactions2. Furthermore, they can overcome the limited proliferative nature of adult cells and maintain their self-renewal and pluripotent abilities. Moreover, gene targeting can be used to change the genotype to obtain specific types of chondrocytes.
Fibroblasts have been widely used to generate iPSCs because their reprogramming potentials have also been well studied. However, there are still some limitations that must be overcome, such as the painful biopsy from patients and the need for the in vitro expansion of the fibroblasts, which may result in gene mutations3. Recently, PBCs were found to be advantageous for reprogramming4; moreover, they were commonly utilized and abundantly stored. It is possible that they may redirect study focus from the skin. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are few reports on PBC reprogramming followed by differentiation into chondrocytes.
In the current study, we utilize PBCs as an alternative source by reprogramming them into iPSCs and then differentiating the iPSCs into the chondrogenic lineage through a pellet culture system in order to mimic chondrocyte formation.

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			<td>Knockout DMEM</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>10829018</td>
			<td>Basal medium used for hiPSC culture and EB formation medium</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Knockout Serum Replacement (KSR)</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>10828028</td>
			<td>A more defined, FBS-free medium supplement used for hiPSC culture and EB formation medium</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Fetal bovine serum (FBS)</td>
			<td>Hyclone</td>
			<td>sh30070.03</td>
			<td>Used for hiPSC culture and EB formation medium,offers excellent value for cell culture</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Nonessential amino acids</td>
			<td>Chemicon</td>
			<td>TMS-001-C</td>
			<td>Used as a growth supplement in all the cell culture medium, to increase cell growth and viability</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>L-glutamine</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>35050061</td>
			<td>An amino acid required for cell culture</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)</td>
			<td>Peprotech</td>
			<td>100-18B</td>
			<td>A cytokine used for sustaining the pluripotency and self-renewal of hiPSCs</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Dispase</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>17105041</td>
			<td>Used for hiPSC dissociation for subculture</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DMEM</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>C11960</td>
			<td>Basal medium used for MSC culture medium</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>0.1% gelatin</td>
			<td>Millipore</td>
			<td>ES-006-B</td>
			<td>Used for cell attachment onto the dishes</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>0.25% trypsin/EDTA</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>25200072</td>
			<td>Used for cell dissociation</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>DPBS</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>14190250</td>
			<td>A balanced salt solution used for cell wash or reagent preparing</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>&#946;-mercaptoethanol</td>
			<td>invitrogen</td>
			<td>21985023</td>
			<td>Used as a growth supplement in all the cell culture medium.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>ITS</td>
			<td>invitrogen</td>
			<td>41400045</td>
			<td>Insulin, Transferrin, Selenium Solution.Used for chondrogenic differentiation.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Ascorbic acid</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>4403</td>
			<td>Known as vitamin C. It helps in active growth and has antioxidant property.</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Sodium pyruvate</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>11360070</td>
			<td>Added to cell culture medium as an energy source in addition to glucose.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Transforming growth factor-beta 1</td>
			<td>Peprotech</td>
			<td>AF-100-21C</td>
			<td>A cytokine that regulate cell proliferation, growth and chondrogenic differentiation.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Rabbit polyclonal antibodies against Collagen II</td>
			<td>Abcam</td>
			<td>ab34712</td>
			<td>This antibody reacts with Type II collagens,which is specific for cartilaginous tissues.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Mouse monoclonal antibodies to Collagen X</td>
			<td>Abcam</td>
			<td>ab49945</td>
			<td>This antibody reacts with Type X collagen,which is a product of hyperthrophic chondrotocytes.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Permount</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>SP15-100</td>
			<td>For mounting and long-term storage of slides</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Toluidine blue</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>89640</td>
			<td>Used for proteoglycans detection.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Alcian blue</td>
			<td>Amresco</td>
			<td>#0298</td>
			<td>Used for glucosaminoglycans detection.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Papain</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>P4762-25MG</td>
			<td>Used to digest chondrogenic pellets.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Dimethylmethylene blue</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>341088-1G</td>
			<td>Used to quantitate glycosaminoglyans</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Chondroitin sulfate sodium salt from shark cartilage</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>C4384-250MG</td>
			<td>Used to draw the standard curve for sGAG content measurement.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Qubit dsDNA HS assay kit</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>Q32851 (100)</td>
			<td>Used to determine DNA content</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>TRIzol</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>15596018</td>
			<td>Used for RNA isolation from cells</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Reverse Transcriptase System</td>
			<td>Promega</td>
			<td>A3500</td>
			<td>Used to convert RNA into cDNA</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SYBR FAST qPCR kit Master Mix</td>
			<td>Kapa</td>
			<td>KK4601</td>
			<td>Used for Real-time PCR</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

differentiating chondrocytes from peripheral blood-derived human induced pluripotent stem cells

In this study, we used peripheral blood cells (PBCs) as seed cells to produce chondrocytes via induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in an integration-free method. Following embryoid body (EB) formation and fibroblastic cell expansion, the iPSCs are induced for chondrogenic differentiation for 21 days under serum-free and xeno-free conditions. After chondrocyte induction, the phenotypes of the cells are evaluated by morphological, immunohistochemical, and biochemical analyses, as well as by the quantitative real-time PCR examination of chondrogenic differentiation markers. The chondrogenic pellets show positive alcian blue and toluidine blue staining. The immunohistochemistry of collagen II and X staining is also positive. The sulfated glycosaminoglycan (sGAG) content and the chondrogenic differentiation markers COLLAGEN 2 (COL2), COLLAGEN 10 (COL10), SOX9, and AGGRECAN are significantly upregulated in chondrogenic pellets compared to hiPSCs and fibroblastic cells. These results suggest that PBCs can be used as seed cells to generate iPSCs for cartilage repair, which is patient-specific and cost-effective.

Chondrogenic Differentiation of hiPSCs:
EB formation medium and basal culture medium were used to differentiate the hiPSCs into the mesenchymal lineage. A multi-step culture method was used (Figure 1). First, the hiPSCs were spontaneously differentiated via EB formation for 10 days (D10; Figure 2A). Second, cells outgrew from the EBs for another 10 days (D10+10). During th...

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Differentiating Chondrocytes from Peripheral Blood-derived Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

We present a protocol to generate a chondrogenic lineage from human peripheral blood (PB) via induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using an integration-free method, which includes embryoid body (EB) formation, fibroblastic cells expansion, and chondrogenic induction.

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