This protocol is adapted from the below article.
McQuade A, Coburn M, Tu CH, Hasselmann J, Davtyan H, Blurton-Jones M. Development and validation of a simplified method to generate human microglia from pluripotent stem cells. Mol Neurodegener. 2018;13(1):67.
The differentiation protocol involves two steps.
1. iPSC differentiation into CD34 positive hematopoietic progenitors
2. Hematopoietic progenitors’ differentiation into mature Microglia