We present here a protocol for the differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells into each somite derivative (myotome, sclerotome, dermatome, and syndetome) in chemically defined conditions, which has applications in future disease modeling and cell-based therapies in orthopedic surgery.
Nakajima, T., Sakurai, H., Ikeya, M. In Vitro Generation of Somite Derivatives from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (146), e59359, doi:10.3791/59359 (2019).