... culture on a human ECM, maintained on chemically defined culture medium containing only human substances and proteins to produce clinical-grade hESCs [16] And such a human ECM can made by human fibroblasts, ... factors and anchoring substrates are the underlying principles of these systems, which try to mimic the microenvironments of the hESCs Indeed, keeping in mind the origin of hESCs, the neighbouring cells ... would in nature, andin similar proportions to that of in vivo ECM is formed from many different structural macromolecules and plays a crucial role in maintaining tissue structure and modulating cell...
... Christopher Stephen Hughes and Prof Gilles Lajoie * Protein also found in GFR and standard Matrigel, based on work by Hughes et al 2009 † Murine protein is a homolog of human protein 50 ... metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 1*† Transforming growth factor-beta-induced protein ig-h3 74665 122841 234698 Isoform of Extended synaptotagmin-1*† Isoform of Myoferlin*† 99.80% ... 105340 Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 10 Keratin, type II cytoskeletal Collagen alpha-1(I) chain*† Collagen alpha-2(I) chain*† EMILIN-1*† Fibrillin-1* Isoform of Collagen alpha-1(XII) chain Isoform...
... contains more Fn (by immunofluoresence comparison, section 3.3.2), it would be expected that the 52 increased presence of Fn would aid in increasing integrin binding and hence cell binding This ... due to the increased presence of DCN and BGN in the DxSNP40/DNase and FcNP40/DNase matrices interfering with TGFB signaling for the hESCs, since DCN and BGN both bind active TGFB, and could lead ... amounts of proteins within and their complexity (refer to section 3.3), not allow the adherence of hESCs and also not maintain hESCs in a pluripotent state This observation is surprising, since these...
... of hESCs, and so, in order to obtain successful Oct-4 immunostaining, the cells have to be first permeabilized using 0.2% Triton-X 100 - this extra processing step results in markedly increased ... trophoectoderm lineages [10], indicating the crucial role that Oct-4 plays in maintaining the pluripotent state of ES cells As Oct-4 is a transcription factor, naturally it is found within the nuclei ... down-regulated in trophoectoderm and primitive endoderm of the mouse embryo Later, it is maintained in the embryonic ectoderm at the cylinder stage, and down-regulated at gastrulation in an anterior-posterior...
... at increasing the population doublings and also in 84 maintaining the pluripotent characteristics of the hESCs during their propagation Once again, hESCs were cultured onto Matrigel, DxSDOC and ... StemCell Bank In this protocol, the hESCs formed embryoid bodies using non-adherent cell culture plates and were transferred onto laminincoated plates and incubated in neural induction medium ... In vitro induced differentiation hESCs cultured on DxSDOCDOC for 13 passages were induced into neural differentiation using a protocol modified from WiCell Research Institute, National Stem Cell...
... Kaukinen K, Maki M, Lindfors K Extracellular transglutaminase has a role incell adhesion, whereas intracellular transglutaminase is involved inregulation of endothelial cell proliferation and ... possibility of developing an alternative embryonicstemcell culture system, with the aim of overcoming current obstacles that hinder the safe clinical implementation of humanembryonicstemcell culture ... facilitate cell growth by promoting cell signaling and growth factor availability However, subsequent staining and gel electrophoresis also showed that in addition to Fn and collagen, which aids in cell...
... characterized, leaving a gap in our understanding of their molecular interactions with target cells and, thus, their role during early embryonic patterning andcell lineage commitment This is due, in part, ... et al and GFAP Mouse kidney and small intestine were used as control tissues for Ksp-cadherin or E-cadherin and pan-cyokeratin staining, respectively Sudan Red and Alizarin Red S stainings Sudan ... in the BMP2+ cell population since it includes proliferating NCSCs on the one hand (increased cell number when subjected to immunostaining) and melanocytes in the same culture on the other hand...
... lncRNAs involved in differentiation has been carried out inhuman cells In this thesis, functional characterization of lncRNAs inhuman development is addressed using humanembryonicstem cells ... pluripotency Embryonicstem cells (ESCs) are derived from the inner cell mass of blastocysts, and can be maintained undifferentiated in culture Pluripotency and self-renewal are hallmarks of embryonicstem ... demonstrating the pivotal role of transcription factors in the maintaining and inducing the pluripotent cell state 1.1.1 The transcription factors OCT4, NANOG and SOX2 constitute the humanembryonic stem...
... target 226 lincRNAs expressed in mESCs, and the authors identified 26 lincRNAs that resulted in loss of Nanog and Oct4 expression upon lincRNA knockdown, indicating that lincRNAs maintain the pluripotent ... governing stemcell pluripotency andcell fate determination, and perturbations of lncRNA levels will result instemcell differentiation 104 Chapter VII – Long Non-coding RNAs are Indispensable in ... lncRNAs using anti-SUZ12, anti-SOX2 and anti-OCT4, respectively lncRNA_ES1 and lncRNA_ES2 were enriched in the SUZ12 RIP and SOX2 RIP, indicating interaction * and ** indicate p-values of < 0.05 and...
... qPCR in two independent cell lines: hESC (H1) -derived NPCs and an immortalized human neural stemcell line ReN-VM In both hESC -derived cells and ReN-VM cells, RMST expression was upregulated by approximately ... database indicates the presence of a REST binding site upstream of RMST REST (or NRSF) binding sites were observed upstream of RMST in three humancell lines, namely GM12878, a lymphoblastoid cell line, ... expressed in the midbrain and prospective dopamine neurons Rmst transcript was detected by in situ hybridization in the mouse embryonic brain (A, B) Rmst as detected in both thr roof plate (RP) and...
... system, and very few human lncRNAs have been studied with such extent In this thesis, I focused on examining lncRNAs involved in the pluripotency maintenance of humanembryonicstem cells (hESCs), and ... is a RNAbinding protein and probably binds directly to RMST SOX2 and hnRNPA2B1 may interact via protein-protein interactions The transcription factor SOX2 may then bind to target chromatin regions ... reprogramming of mouse andhuman somatic cells to pluripotency CellStemCell 8, 376-388 Anthony, T.E., Klein, C., Fishell, G., and Heintz, N (2004) Radial glia serve as neuronal progenitors in all...
... PAX6a contains two DNA-binding domains, which includes the canonical N-terminal paired domain (PD) comprised of 128 amino 13 acid resides and a homeodomain (HD), and a proline-serine-threonine-rich ... deciphering the mechanisms of regulation of NSC differentiation 1.1.5.2 Pluripotent stem cell- derived NSCs Humanembryonicstem cells (hESCs), which are pluripotent cells derived from the inner cell ... Glial cell- derived nerve factor Glial fibrillary acidic protein Glial progenitor cell Homeodomain Humanembryonicstemcell High mobility group Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase Interferon Interleukin...
... J, Skalnik DG: Reduced genomic cytosine methylation and defective cellular differentiation inembryonicstem cells lacking CpG binding protein Molecular and cellular biology 2005, 25:4881-4891 ... genes and epigenetic remodeling instemcell biology is needed, the current results are a great step forward in establishing the feasibility and applicability of adult stem cells in future clinical ... toward embryonicstem cells Principal component analysis comparing the gene expression profiles of 3A6, embryonicstem cells (ESC), mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), and various tissues using all...
... improvement in functioning between and years post-transplant [35] In contrast, particularly in patients older than 25 at the time of HSCT, recovery may be non-linear, with functional status continuing ... address an important gap in understanding by offering a prospective, longitudinal, multidimensional examination of functional status, psychosocial adjustment, HRQL, and symptoms in a cohort of survivors ... analyses Covariates, including biologic, physiologic, and treatment-related factors, are anticipated to influence HRQL and will be incorporated into the cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis as...
... target cells that need to be protected against HIV-1 infection Methods hES cell growth and propagation H1 humanembryonicstemcell line (hES) was obtained from WiCell (Madison, Wisconsin) The ... Research and Therapy 2008, 5:1 demonstrated the ability of hES cells to differentiate into a myriad of cell types that include neurons, hematopoietic cells, cardiomyocytes, and insulin-secreting cells, ... Jones JM: Embryonicstemcell lines derived from human blastocysts Science 1998, 282:1145-1147 Reubinoff BE, Pera MF, Fong CY, Trounson A, Bongso A: Embryonicstemcell lines from human blastocysts:...
... Introduction 1.1 Derivation of embryonicstem cells 1.2 Regulation of embryonicstem cells 1.2.1 The key properties of ES cells 1.2.2 Extrinsic signalling pathways maintaining ES cell ... signalling pathways maintaining ES cell pluripotency Embryonicstem cells are maintained by a network of extrinsic and intrinsic signals that collectively regulate the properties of pluripotency and ... from cell lines Cell culture Mouse ES cell culture Human ES cell culture Isolation, expansion, and mitotic inactivation of MEF cells Maintenance of HEK293T cells Cryopreservation of cell lines...
... - GA Growth derived factor - GDF Haematoxylin and eosin - H&E Hours - hr Human- specific vimentin - hVIM Humanembryonicstem cells - hESCs Human ESC -derived chondrogenic cell- engineered cartilage ... sources for cartilage tissue engineering (Chung et al., 2008) Humanembryonicstem cells (hESCs) are stemcell lines of embryonic origin, isolated from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst-stage ... such as the BMPs and TGFβs, not only play a prominent role in driving embryonic patterning andcell commitment events, but are also involved in the regulation of limb development and cartilage formation...
... culture feeding 3.2.3 Humanembryonicstem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells Humanembryonicstemcell line HES-3 (46, XX) was from ES Cell International (Singapore, http://www.escellinternational.com) ... al., 2006) 2.7 Embryonicstem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells Embryonicstem cells (ESC) have two characteristics that distinguish them from other stem cells, in that they are capable ... Immunoflourescent staining of neural stemcell marker Nestin in SHH-CM and Control-CM treated EB Middle panel shows corresponding DAPI nuclear staining in blue and right panel shows corresponding merged...
... self-renewing phenotype, as Oct2 and Oct6 were found to have no effect on cell fate in this system Intriguingly, truncated Oct4 protein containing the Oct4 POU domain and either the C- or N-terminal ... Sox2 DNA interactions, characterized the joint DNA motif, expanded the Oct4 and Sox2 transcription binding network to the Smad1 and Stat3 signalling networks and utilized these binding data in an ... αOct4 and αSox2 antibodies used in ChIP 3.2 Oct4 and Sox2 binding to Oct4 CR4 region in mESCs 3.3 Oct4 and Sox2 binding reduces after retinoic acid differentiation of mESCs 3.4 Oct4 and Sox2 bind...