Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro OFUJI

Kazuhiro OFUJI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230303981
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a ventral hindgut organoid for producing a bladder organoid that comprises a layer structure of bladder epithelial cell types like the urinary bladder. An aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a ventral hindgut organoid, comprising culturing a pluripotent stem cell with an inducer medium A containing activin A and GSK3? inhibitor to induce differentiation into definitive endoderm cells and culturing the definitive endoderm cells with an inducer medium B containing fibroblast growth factor, GSK3? inhibitor, and optionally further containing bone morphogenetic protein, and then culturing them in the presence of extracellular matrix with an inducer medium B containing fibroblast growth factor, GSK3? inhibitor, and optionally further containing bone morphogenetic protein to form a ventral hindgut organoid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: RIKEN, OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru TAKASATO, Kazuhiro OFUJI, Filip Jos WYMEERSCH