동물분자생체공학연구소 주관 초청강연 49
연사 : 한경호 교수 (울산대학교 의과대학)
제목 : Antibody & Stem Cell Therapy using in vivo Antibody Selection System
일시 : 2020년 1월 14일 화요일 오후 4시
장소 : 생명과학관 서관 101호
초록
One goal of regenerative medicine is to repair damaged tissue. This requires not only generating new cells of the proper phenotype, but also selecting for those that properly integrate into sites of injury. In our laboratory we are using a cell-migration-based in vivo selection system to generate antibodies that induce cells to both differentiate and selectively localize to different tissues. Here we describe an antibody that induces bone marrow stem cells to differentiate into microglia-like cells that traffic to the brain where they organize into typical networks. Interestingly, in the APP/PS1 Alzheimer's disease mouse model, these induced microglia-like cells are found at sites of plaque formation and significantly reduce their number. These results raise the intriguing question as to whether one can use such antibody-induced differentiation of stem cells to essentially recapitulate embryogenesis in adults to discover cells that can regenerate damaged organ systems.