HUDEP2 (HUDEP-2) cells (a kind gift from Yukio Nakamura) (Kurita et al., 2013 (link)) were cultured following previously reported protocols (Kurita et al., 2013 (link); Bagchi et al., 2021 (link)). Briefly, the cells were expanded in StemSpan SFEM-II medium (Stem Cell Technologies) supplemented with 1 µM dexamethasone, 1 μg/mL doxycycline (Dox), 50 ng/mL recombinant human stem cell factor (rh SCF), 3 units/mL recombinant human erythropoietin (rh EPO), 10 ng/mL recombinant human interleukin 3 (rh IL-3) and 1% penicillin/streptomycin. The AAVS1-Tet-On-Cas9 iPSCs generated in our laboratory (Thamodaran et al., 2022 (link)) were cultured in Matrigel (Corning) - coated plates containing mTeSR medium (STEMCELL Technologies). Upon reaching 70%–80% confluency, colonies were dissociated with Versene (Thermo Fisher Scientific) following the manufacturer’s protocol and passaged at a 1:4 ratio.
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