PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TISSUE CELL FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLDERIVED FROM IRIS PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELL OF ANIMAL AND TISSUE CELL OBTAINED BY THE PROCESS

摘要

A process for producing tissue cells derived from iris pigment epithelial cells of an animal, by which problems, such as concern about immunological rejection caused by cell transplantation, ethical issues and unbalance betwe en the demand and supply on transplant cell sources, can be solved; and tissue cells produced by the process. In this process for producing tissue cells, first, iris pigment epithelial cells isolated from an animal eyeball are selectively cultured according to a floated coagulated mass culturing technique to thereby obtain pluripotent stem cells. Thereafter, these pluripotent stem cells are cultured with the use of, for example, serum to thereby effect production of various tissue cells.