... expression inembryonicstemcells suggest they are involved in maintaining "stemness" Identifying mRNAs that are directly targeted by a specific miRNA is a major obstacle in understanding the miRNA ... expression profiling of single whole embryonicstemcells Nucleic Acids Res 2006, 34(2):e9 Chen C, Ridzon D, Lee CT, Blake J, Sun Y, Strauss WM: Defining embryonicstem cell identity using differentiation- related ... Embryonicstemcells have a unique bivalent chromatin structure which silences developmental genes in ES cells while keeping them poised for activation, thus providing a mechanism for maintaining...
... could maintain a small accessible region in the globin locus during the differentiationof hematopoietic stemcells to erythroid cells Transcription of HS3 could be important in maintaining this ... marks to the b-globin gene locus during erythroid differentiationof murine ES cellsinvitroIn these experiments we utilized the ES ⁄ OP9 cell invitrodifferentiation system described by Kitayima ... presence of residual undifferentiatedcells We next analyzed the interaction of RNA Pol II and TATA binding protein (TBP) as well as the appearance of modified histones within the globin locus during...
... Expression of BMP-2 and chordinstem cells during osteogenic differentiationof human mesenchymal stemcells (a) Temporal progression of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2 and chordin expression during ... Biosystems, Warrington, UK) PCR was performed using the Invitrogen Platinum Taq (Invitrogen) method, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions The PCR primers were designed on the basis of ... cells/ cm2, trypsinised and stored in Recovery Cell Culture Freezing Medium in liquid nitrogen Before osteogenic differentiation, 6,000 cells/ cm2 of human MSCs were seeded in BM in each well of...
... importance of Activin/ Nodal signaling in the maintenance of hESC pluripotency has been re-iterated in recent studies detailing the derivation and maintenance of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells ... role for the Notch pathway indifferentiationof this multipotent lineage Activation of Notch signaling in combination with inhibition of Wnt signaling was shown to be responsible in part for ... clusters ofcells called Islets of Langerhans which perform its endocrine functions Acinar cells secrete digestive enzymes like trypsin and chymotrypsin into the small intestine Islets of Langerhans...
... out for investigation of hypoxia induced radioresistance The results of our study indicate that the enzymatic GOX/CAT system is an attractive alternative technique forinvitro investigation of ... rapidly induce invitro hypoxia The GOX/CAT system has been employed in the past in various studies In particular, Baumann et al have applied the enzymatic system for investigation of the effects of ... rapidly induced within 15 and maintained over 24 h [10] Since oxygen transport studies using hypoxia chambers have revealed time periods of more than h for equilibration of pO2 between the medium inside...
... MO, USA) for 10 minutes for chondroitin-4-sulfate (CS4) detection (5 U/mL in distilled water), or with 0.25% trypsin containing mM EDTA for 15 minutes at 37°C for COL X detection, before sections ... double labelling staining solution for 10 minutes at room temperature After staining, aggregates were washed five times with 100 μL of binding buffer, fixed overnight in PBS-buffered 4% paraformaldehyde, ... or remained uninfected For comparison, an additional set of untransduced recombinant human protein controls were maintained, which were cultured in the presence of 10 ng/mL TGFβ1 protein, or...
... and interactions of integrins Cell Tissue Res (3):285-298 41 Mould AP, Askari JA, Aota SI, et al 1997;Defining the topology of integrin alpha5beta1-fibronectin interactions using inhibitory anti-alpha5 ... mesenchymal stemcells from marrow Tissue Eng (4):415-428 129 Beresford JN, Graves SE, Smoothy CA 1993;Formation of mineralized nodules by bone derived cellsin vitro: a model of bone formation? Am ... decorin and fibromodulin with transforming growth factor beta Biochem J :527534 24 Iozzo RV 1999;The biology of the small leucine-rich proteoglycans Functional network of interactive proteins...
... DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOREACTOR FOR IN- VITRO ENGINEERING OF SOFT TISSUES KYAW MOE (B.Eng (Hons.), YTU, Yangon) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ... in designing a bioreactor for the study of the effect of mechanical straining parameters on cellular morphology, to provide a better understanding of condition for the in- vitro growth of engineering ... initial injury while never regaining the properties of the normal tendon/ligament, thus demonstrating the need for tissue engineering approaches During the course of healing, the level of pain decreases...
... people In this research, invitro propagation of stevia, was carried out in experiments (callusing, shooting, rooting, and acclimatization) The results supported that MS medium (including vitamins) ... not maintain the callus growth since all explants continued to turn brown and died out The maintenance of callus plays an important role ininvitro propagation through callusing Good maintenance ... is increasing in recent years accompanying with the significant rising rate of mentioned diseases Consequently, large-scale production of this valuable herb is expanded in many provinces of Vietnam...
... suggested that insulin-producing cells derived from stemcells could be a potential source for cellular therapy in diabetes However, most of the stem cells- derived insulin producing cells obtained from ... issues ofembryonicstemcells also restricted its use instemcells research 1.4.3 Induced Pluripotent StemCells (iPS) cellsIn 2006, induced pluripotent stem cell was first described by Shinya ... reports on differentiationof amnion-derived stemcells into insulin producing cells Wei et al demonstrated the expression of insulin at transcript level after culturing the amnion-derived stem cells...
... INTRODUCTION Collections of seeds and clonal material are traditional ways of storing genetic resources Use of cold stored (0-10°C) invitro cultures is a complementary method of maintaining ... storage offers a potential means of reducing costs of micropropagation and affords an alternative method for conserving genetic resources of forest trees Of the agents named as factors that may influence ... storage ofinvitro apple shoots HortScience 14, 514 Marino G, Rosati P, Sagrati F (1985) Storage ofinvitro Meier-Dinkel A (1990) Kühllagerung von Gewebekulturen Mitt Bundesforschungsanst Forst...
... Figure The combination ofstem cell models and epigenomics in studies of the role of non-coding mutations in human disease Epigenomic analyses ofcells derived through invitrostem cell differentiation ... methylcytosine cells, chromatin of pluripotent cells appears to have unique features, such as the increased mobility of many structural chromatin proteins, including histones and heterochromatin protein ... CCCTC-binding factor, insulator associated protein; ESC, embryonicstem cell; H3K4me1, methylation of lysine of histone H3; H3K4me3, trimethylation of lysine of histone H3; H3K27ac, acetylation of...
... Page of 11 Figure Mesenchymal stemcells (MSCs) inhibit the proliferation of CD4 + T cellsinvitro by induction of nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) (a) CD4+ T cells, in the presence of ... upregulate expression of PD-L1, iNOS, and COX-2 in MSCs, making these molecules candidate mediators of T-cell inhibition The involvement of iNOS and COX-2 in inhibition of T-cell proliferation ... anti-CD3-induced T-cell proliferation invitro by a mechanism involving interferongamma, inducible nitric oxide, and cyclo-oxigenase-2 To investigate the immunosuppressive potential of MSCs in vitro, ...
... labeling includes tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC)-conjugated phalloidin (staining red F-actin) and DAPI (staining blue nuclei) The staining showed the formation of actin cytoskeleton in ... also induced the formation of bone cavities (BC) containing bone minerals (BM, stained black), Col matrix (COL, stained blue) and bone-lining cells (BLC, stained dark blue) on the surface of new-bone ... incorporation of Dex an osteoinductive drug into polymeric nanofibers during electrospinning process 1) Incorporation of Type I Col into nanofibrous scaffolds can improve nanoHA mineralization on the nanofibers...
... amount of glycoprotein incells As shown in Fig 5E, although the total amount of protein incells decreased to 87% after 48 h of incubation, the amount of glycoprotein decreased more The results of ... lipofectamine solution, dissolving lL of Lipofectamine 2000 in Opti-MEM, and transfected into subconfluent 293A cellsin mL of Opti-MEM in six-well plates The 293A cells were then cultured for ... A1-treated PMInull cells We thus performed mannose titration experiments in swainsonine-treated and bafilomycin A1-treated PMI-null cellsCells were treated with 10 lm swainsonine or 100 nm bafilomycin A1...
... expression of insulin and proinsulin in stage IV cells Quantification of IHC staining shows FN and LAM increases the percentage of (B) proinsulin, and (C) insulin positive cells (mean ± S.D.; ** indicates ... μg/mL) and selected for infected cellsfor 48 hours Results FN and LAM enhance differentiationof MSCs into insulin producing cells To examine the effects of ECM, FN and LAM on IPC differentiation ... widespread interest in finding alternative sources of b -cells for tissue replacement strategies in diabetes MSCs have been used for cell-based therapy in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering In...
... and differentiationof normal stemcells strongly suggest that miRNA may be involved in the transformation of normal stemcells into cancer stemcells Therefore, screening for differences in miRNA ... aberrant differentiation According to the hierarchical model of cancer, the origin of the cancer stemcells may be long-lived somatic stemcells Therefore, markers of “normal” stemcells are being ... and progenitor cells, but is absent in breast cancer stemcells The reintroduction of let-7 into these cells causes differentiation and reduction of proliferation and tumor-forming ability It...
... (b) Immunostaining with bone specific ALP (arrow showing the cells positive for ALP stain) (d) Immunostaining with osteonectin (arrow showing cells positive for osteonectin staining) 50 ... time-point: (a) H&E staining showing newly formed tissue within the scaffold (arrow showing scaffold remains) (b) von Kossa staining and counterstaining with nuclear fast red showing deposition of ... hFOB H & E staining (d) hFOB von Kossa staining Scaffold (e) hFOB H & E staining Figure At 2-week time point: H&E staining and von Kossa staining of sections showing scaffold and cells (e) hFOB...
... pluripotencyin human ES cells LIN28, an RNA binding protein, contains three RNA binding domains: one coldshock domain at the N terminus and two CCHC-type zinc finger domains at the C terminus It ... achievement of iPS cells, by overexpressing four genes containing LIN28, reinforced the notion that LIN28 is a key regulator ofpluripotencyin human ES cells (Yu et al., 2007) 1.4.1 The interaction of ... performed on the following day using Lipofectamine RNAiMAX (Invitrogen) at a ratio of 60 pmol of siRNA pool : µl of transfection reagent Page 25 siRNA and Lipofectamine were diluted in 50 µl of...
... days of humor and inspiration, and providing invaluable thoughts on science and life, and all things in between Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Results Culturing of Mouse EmbryonicStemCells ... subsequent engineering of short, hairpin vectors under the control of Tet-R, have the advantage of being easily created for the specific gene of interest We selected the Invitrogen BlockIT Tet-inducible ... Mouse embryonicstemcells (mESC) are uniquely capable of differentiating into all somatic cell types in the body, a property known as pluripotencyIn addition, mESC are known to grow indefinitely...