Automated adherent human cell culture (mesenchymal stem cells)

Methods Mol Biol. 2012:806:393-406. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-367-7_26.

Abstract

Human cell culture processes developed at research laboratory scale need to be translated to large-scale production processes to achieve commercial application to a large market. To allow this transition of scale with consistent process performance and control of costs, it will be necessary to reduce manual processing and increase automation. There are a number of commercially available platforms that will reduce manual process intervention and improve process control for different culture formats. However, in many human cell-based applications, there is currently a need to remain close to the development format, usually adherent culture on cell culture plastic or matrix-coated wells or flasks due to deterioration of cell quality in other environments, such as suspension. This chapter presents an example method for adherent automated human stem cell culture using a specific automated flask handling platform, the CompacT SelecT.

MeSH terms

  • Automation, Laboratory / instrumentation*
  • Automation, Laboratory / methods*
  • Cell Culture Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Cell Culture Techniques / methods*
  • Cell Separation / methods
  • Humans
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / metabolism