... contamination of SMC cultures was observed, assessed considering the binding and internalization of DiI-labeled Ac-LDL Average time to reach passage cell density and percentage of viable cells values ... obtaining the four vascular cell types from each individual UC to determine their cellular and molecular properties, as both ECs and SMCs are important in maintaining the vascular tone We have ... uncomplicated pregnancies, at term (gestational age ≥ 37 weeks), ascertained according to the method of Ballard et al [17] and normal delivery or Caesarian section in the absence of perinatal...
... with an intraperitoneal injection ofa mixture of ketamine and xylazine (45 mg/kg and mg/kg, respectively) Briefly, each mouse was restrained at a 70° angle against a plastic wall, an otoscope was ... intratracheally For intratracheal transplantation, the animals were anesthetized and the catheter was placed as described above After intratracheal transplantation, the catheter was removed and ... post-injury day and attenuated lung inflammation, including a reduction in MPO activity and inflammatory cytokine protein levels, at postinjury days and MSC transplantation also reduced the elevated...
... Kitaura H, Nagata N, Fujimura Y, Hotokezaka H, Yoshida N, Nakayama K Effect of IL-12 on TNF-alphamediated osteoclast formation in bone marrow cells: apoptosis mediated by Fas/Fas ligand interaction ... using an attached digital camera anda NIS-Elements system (Nikon, Japan) The areas of new bone formation and the residual β-TCP were determined and converted toa percentage of total area of bone ... 8.75 NBA: new bone formation area RTA: residual β-TCP area TA: total a area *p < 0.05 compared with C group All values are means ± SD Fig Lateral radiographs of antebrachium at 0, 4, 8, and 12...
... acid-2-phophate for 30 days Osteogenic differentiation was evaluated by calcium mineralization Alizarin red S staining was used to determine the presence of calcium mineralization For Alizarin red S staining, ... AACAATACCTC-3´; antisense, 5´-AAGGGTAGGACGCTCCGTAT-3´), collagen 1A1 (COL 1A1 ) (sense, 5´-CACCTCAGGAGAAGGCTC AC-3´; antisense, 5´-ATGTTCTCGATCTGCTGGCT-3´), osteonectin (SPARC) (sense, 5´-TGAGAAGGTATGCAG CAACG; ... differentiation as shown in pellet formation and toluidine blue staining In this study, we used cUCB-MSCs at 3∼5 passage Generally, increasing the passage number of adult stem cells often leads to a...
... production using the DMB assay [26] Scoring of immunohistochemistry and toluidine blue staining Scoring of slides from immunohistochemical staining of cellsurface markers, ECM proteins and toluidine blue ... and assays HT and RD retrieved tissues from animals JAI performed and modified all immunohistochemical assays HT and HEG supervised statistical analysis All authors read and approved the final ... ([HBSS] Gibco, Carlsbad, CA) and rapidly transported to the laboratory Approximately g of fat tissue was obtained per harvest and processed as described below AD-MSC isolation and plating Cell culture...
... 5’-CCAAGTAAGTCCAACGAAAG-3’ and 5’-GGTGATGTCCTCGTCTGTA-3’; PPARg-2 specific primers, 5’-CATTCTGGCCCACCAACTT-3’ and 5’CCTTGCATCCTTCACAAGCA-3’; b-actin specific primers, 5’-CATGTACGTTGCTATCCAGGC-3’ and ... an initial lag phase of days, a log phase at exponential rate from to days, anda plateau phase According to the Patterson formula, the doubling time in the log phase of the 3rd passage was 24.8 ... immunocytochemical assays XJS was in charge of flow cytometric analysis ZYD took part in differentiation assays YJX by part initiated the study YL and XH participated in manuscript modification XH and...
... assayed with ELISA TransAM assay the PPARg activity at day in the same experimental conditions HIV-1IIIb, HIV-1ada and recombinant gp120 induced (Figure 6A) a significant up-regulation of PPARg ... were analyzed using the CXP Software (Beckman-Coulter) PPARg activity assay PPARg transcription factor activity was detected by TransAM PPARg kit (Active Motif, Carlsbad, CA, USA) as indicated ... transduction intracellular pathways [63] In particular the interaction between gp120 and CD4 determines apoptosis activation in several cell lineages such as CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells and CD4+...
... embedding in paraffin and the tissue was sectioned at μm for light microscopic analysis After hematoxylin and eosin (H & E) staining, the number of alveolar sacs was determined ina blinded fashion ... study, data acquisition and analysis as well as drafting the manuscript LTC, YHK, and YCL were responsible for the laboratory assayand troubleshooting SC, THT, MF, and SFK participated in data acquisition, ... Banas A, Teratani T, Yamamoto Y, Tokuhara M, Takeshita F, Osaki M, Kawamata M, Kato T, Okochi H, Ochiya T: IFATS collection: in vivo therapeutic potential of human adipose tissue mesenchymal stem...
... Effects of rosuvastatin and pitavastatin on ischemia-induced myocardial stunning in dogs J Pharmacol Sci 2008, 106:593-599 Matsumura M, Fukuda N, Kobayashi N, Umezawa H, Takasaka A, Matsumoto T, Yao ... (Nanjing, China) All animal experimental protocols were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Nanjing Medical University and were in compliance with Guidelines for the Care and Use of ... staining against vWF (green labeling) (Fig 4) Histological and quantitative analyses showed that the number of incorporated MSCs was significantly greater in the combination group relative to...
... PLLA and PLLA/Col nanofibers are n-HA with same pattern as natural HA in human tooth Fig 3.3: FTIR spectra of (a) PLLA nanofibers; (b) mineralized PLLA nanofibers and (c) mineralized PLLA/Col nanofibers ... Utilizing electrospinning technique to fabricate PLLA and blended PLLA and Type I collagen (PLLA/Col) and employing a biomimetic approach of (2) The mineralization on incorporation of the NFS to achieve ... understanding in modulating stemcell fate and behavior, translating into potential clinical applications for regenerative medicine Such nanostructured materials mimic the subtleties of extracellular...
... and therapists using BBS, a validated functional scale that measures the ability to walk, balance while standing and other activities of daily living for ataxia patients [21] The average duration ... interpreted data and helped to draft the manuscript XH conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... duration at the time of treatment was 26 years Patients treated came from Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Chile, Italy, South Africa and U.S .A There were no significant demographic or baseline...
... and therapists using BBS, a validated functional scale that measures the ability to walk, balance while standing and other activities of daily living for ataxia patients [21] The average duration ... interpreted data and helped to draft the manuscript XH conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... duration at the time of treatment was 26 years Patients treated came from Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Chile, Italy, South Africa and U.S .A There were no significant demographic or baseline...
... primary antibody (Ab) (either mouse anti -a- actinin (sarcomeric) at a dilution of 1:200, or mouse anti-myosin cardiac heavy chain a/ b at a dilution of 1:4 (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA) in PBS-1% ... spin coating using a single wafer spin processor (Laurell Technologies, North Wales) at 3000 rpm and the spin coating time of 20 s The coated films were dried in air for at least 30 and then annealed ... the cell nuclei and cytoplasm show Zhao et al Journal of Biomedical Science 2011, 18:37 http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/18/1/37 Page of Figure Immunostaining of anti -a- actinin and anti -a MHC in...
... erosion of cartilage and subchondral bone, and = loss of joint integrity and ankylosis Each joint was scored separately by two individuals unaware of the treatment protocol To trace the migration of ... that administration of UC-MSCs attenuated systemic inflammation in CIA in mice UC-MSCs downregulated the production of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF -a, and IL-6 in vitro andin vivo In addition, ... decalcified and paraffinembedded using standard histologic techniques Serial μm sections were cut and stained with hematoxylin and eosin to examine morphologic features and assess the histologic...
... epithelial cell AF amniotic fluid AFSC amniotic fluid stemcell AHU animal holding unit AMC amniotic mesenchymal cell APC allophycocyanin balb bagg albino BLAST basic local alignment search tool ... understanding of the underlying mechanisms and the characterization of definitive MSC markers 2.4 Fetal/neonatal stem cells 2.4.1 Background Fetal and neonatal stem cells come in between embryonic and ... suppression of Stat5 phosphorylation in T cells with a consequent reduction in T cell proliferation (Sato et al 2007) Another candidate molecule was prostaglandin E2, as inhibitors of prostaglandin synthase...
... posttranslational modification involving removal of an N-terminal signal peptide and C-terminal residues in the polypeptide chain and attachment ofa glycosylphosphatidylinositol group for cytoplasmic membrane ... N-terminal binding antibodies SAF34, P4 and 8G8 or the C-terminal binding antibodies 6H4, SAF60, SAF70 and SAF84 in consideration of species recognition Values are calculated for the N-terminal antibodies ... serial dilutions of samples (Fig 2) Linearity consisting of continuous signal increase andof reproducible glycoprotein patterns was determined in the range between and 10 lL of brain homogenate...
... CTCCTTAATGTCACGCACGAT ASAT-D 22 TCTTTGTGATGTGTGCATTCAA ASAT-R 20 TATTCCCGTTTCCAACGAAG ALU-D 20 ACGAGGTCAGGAGATCGAGA ALU-R 19 GATCTCGGCTCACTGCAAG S3T-D 19 AATCAACCCGAGTGCAATC S3T-R 22 TCCATTCCATTCCTGTACTCGG ... strand) and CTAGAAAAAGAGAA CCTCTTGAGACGTCATCGACGTCTCAAGAGGTTCT (bottom strand) Targeted segments are present in all splicing variants of PRDX5 mRNA and therefore should silence all these variants ... For the control plasmid, we used hairpin oligonucleotides targeting GFP (sequences underlined) gene: TTTGAAGAAGTCGTGCTGCTTCATGGA AGCAGCACGACTTCTTCTTTTT (top strand) and CTA GAAAAAGAAGAAGTCGTGCTGCTTCCATAAGCAG...