... potency ofstem cells 1.1.2 Fundermental features ofstem cells 1.1.3 Signalling pathways modulating pluripotency in stem cells 1.1.4 Transcription factors controlling pluripotency ofstem cells ... Developmental potency ofstem cells Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the capability of self-renewal for producing identical unspecialized daughter cells and the potential of differentiation ... specialized cells Stemness refers to the undifferentiated status of self-renewing stem cells Stem cells show a hierarchy of developmental potency in mouse (Fig 1-1) Totipotent stem cells include...
... principles for responsible translational stemcell research CellStemCell 2008, 3:607-609 ISSCR: A closer look at stemcell treatments [http://www closerlookatstemcells.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home] ... hESC, human embryonic stem cell; HGP, Human Genome Project; hPSC, human pluripotent stem cell; iPSC, induced pluripotent stem cell; ISSCR, International Society for StemCell Research Competing ... Ogbogu U, Taylor B, Stafinski T, Menon D, Caulfield T: Stemcell clinics online: the direct-to-consumer portrayal ofstemcell medicine CellStemCell 2008, 3:591-594 Hyun I, Lindvall O, Ahrlund-Richter...
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... 100:157-168 Clarke MF, Fuller M: Stem cells and cancer: two faces of eve Cell 2006, 124:1111-1115 Huntly BJ, Gilliland DG: Leukaemia stem cells and the evolution of cancer -stem- cell research Nat Rev Cancer ... models ofstemcell differentiation Cell types of different developmental stages in two models ofstemcell differentiation (a) Cell types of earlier developmental stages can differentiate into cell ... Descriptions and definitions of each cell type in the models ofstemcell differentiation Model Descriptions Definitions Pluripotent stemcell C57Bl/6 cell line A Adult neural stemcell *Neurosphere...
... know the statistics of the angle of arrival and its correlation with timeof arrival In this paper, a system is described which was used to collect simultaneous timeand angle of arrival data at ... area of angle of arrival in more detail Guerin [13] used a data acquisition system similar to the one used for this thesis to collect narrowband angle of arrival data and wideband timeof arrival ... illustration of exponential decay of mean cluster power and ray power within clusters The timeof arrival is described by two Poisson processes which model the arrival times of clusters and the arrival times...
... Demand Price and Quantity Demanded: The Law of Demand Other Determinants of Household Demand Shift of Demand versus Movement Along the Demand Curve From Household Demand to Market Demand Price and ... determine the types and quantities of products demanded and the quantities and types of inputs supplied The following analysis of demand and supply will lead up to a theory of how market prices ... wristbands that she could produce in a week Do the same for Anna d If Kristen devoted half of her time (10 out of 20 hours) to wristbands and half of her time to pot holders, how many of each...
... Fig 6A, the levels of secreted PGs were similar at all time points tested In contrast, the levels of intracellular PGs increased markedly over time Notably, the level of intracellular PGs did not ... expression of mast cell granule serine proteinases and their role in inflammation in the lung and gut Immunology 105, 375–390 Caughey G (2001) New developments in the genetics and activation of mast cell ... processing of mast -cell carboxypeptidase A J Cell Sci 118, 2035–2042 14 Diamant B & Patkar SA (1975) Stimulation and inhibition of histamine release from isolated rat mast cells Dual effects of the...
... Infections of JJHAN cells with HHV-6A (U1102) Infections of JJHAN cells with HHV-6A (U1102) A Quantifications of cellular (diamonds) and extracellular (squares) HHV-6A DNA The log10 of the viral ... (error bars) B and C Light microscopic analyses of HHV-6A- and mock-infected JJHAN cells at dpi Note the CPE, i.e enlargement of cells, in HHV-6A infected cells D and E Detection of HHV-6 antigen ... infected cells, and at dpi Viral DNA was extracted from the samples and the numberof viral DNA copies per cell was determined To compare the infection efficiency of the non-purified and purified...
... Limited lifespan (population doublings) Production of endless numberof cells Production of endless numberof cells Production of limited numberof cells Chromosome length is maintained across serial ... isolation and preparation of fetal neural stem cells details of the cells after culture are lacking This anecdotal case report illustrates that the risk of tumour formation ofstemcell is not ... the use of non-autologous and/ or cultured cells, including stem cells These risk factors are not unique to stem cells and apply to all cell based medicinal products Donor history is of particular...
... Infections of JJHAN cells with HHV-6A (U1102) Infections of JJHAN cells with HHV-6A (U1102) A Quantifications of cellular (diamonds) and extracellular (squares) HHV-6A DNA The log10 of the viral ... (error bars) B and C Light microscopic analyses of HHV-6A- and mock-infected JJHAN cells at dpi Note the CPE, i.e enlargement of cells, in HHV-6A infected cells D and E Detection of HHV-6 antigen ... infected cells, and at dpi Viral DNA was extracted from the samples and the numberof viral DNA copies per cell was determined To compare the infection efficiency of the non-purified and purified...
... Sources ofStem Cells for Tissue Repair Different types ofstem cells include embryonic stem (ES) cells, umbilical cord blood stem cells, organ-specific somatic stem cells (e.g., neural stem cells ... transdifferentiation of MSCs or other stemcell populations occurs at a high enough frequency to be useful for stemcell replacement therapy Regardless of the source of the stem cells used in regenerative ... pluripotent stemcell populations, such as bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) or adipose stem cells, for use in regenerative strategies Tissue culture evidence suggests that these stem cell...
... after transplantation of a variety of different cell types, including ES cells, bone marrow stem cells, endothelial stem cells, and adipose stem cells Bone marrow stem cells in particular have ... heart disease; and (3) stimulation of endogenous stem cells to facilitate repair—e.g., administration of appropriate growth factors to amplify numbers of endogenous stem/ progenitor cells or direct ... Disease-Specific StemCell Approaches Ischemic Heart Disease and Cardiomyocyte Regeneration Because of the high prevalence of ischemic heart disease, extensive efforts have been devoted to cell replacement of...
... marrow and adipose stem cells into neural stem cells, and vice versa, has been reported, and clinical trials of such cells have begun for a numberof neurologic disorders Clinical trials of a conditionally ... strategy Potential sources ofstem cells include endogenous liver stem cells (such as oval cells), ES cells, bone marrow cells, and umbilical cord blood cells Although a series of studies in humans ... pancreatic, and/ or gastrointestinal precursor cells may be candidates for cell- based therapy of diabetes Nervous System Neural cells have been differentiated from a variety ofstemcell populations...
... coadministration of scaffolding, artificial extracellular matrix, and/ or growth factors to orchestrate differentiation ofstem cells and their organization into appropriate constituents of the organ ... such stemcell based therapies are at a very early stage of development, and perfection of techniques for clinical transplantation of predictable, wellcharacterized cells will be a difficult and ... members of a society Stemcell research raises questions about the definition of human life, and it has raised deep fears about our ability to balance issues of justice and safety with the needs of...
... these T -cell populations play an important role in tissue injury and in loss of self-tolerance as the biological system ages Senescent T cells: facilitators of inflammation Expansion of CD4+ and ... Therapy Vol No Goronzy and Weyand Figure Replicative senescence and shifts in gene expression Cumulative replication of T cells is associated with telomeric erosion and loss of CD28 and CD40L expression, ... limited to the memory T -cell compartment and not affect the diversity of naive T cells because naive and memory T cells underlie different homeostatic control mechanisms and compete for different...
... Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health The protocol was approved by the Committee on the Ethics of Animal Experiments of the University of Minnesota (Permit Number: ... peptides of Tbx18 (SC-17869 p) and Wt1 (SC192 p) were used to tested the specificity of Tbx18 and Wt1 Results Expression of Tbx18 and Wt1 in heart Tbx18 and Wt1 were expressed in the proepicardium and ... Wt1 in heart using anti-Tbx18 and Wt1 antibodies and to identify whether Tbx18 and Wt1 themselves expressed in the cardiomyocyte Materials and Methods Approvement of animal experiments This study...
... participated in design of the study and assisted with proofreading FMT participated in the design and coordination of the study IM conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination ... stain score of +6 was significantly associated with increased mortality (p = 0.04) The numberof patients above the cutoff for transfusion number, ferritin, and iron stain were 30, 41, and 7, respectively ... the detrimental impact of iron overload in the set- http://www.jhoonline.org/content/2/1/44 ting ofstemcell transplantation and identify a potential mechanism of action Methods We evaluated 78...
... understood Cell fusion, in which stem cells fuse with the somatic cell in the niche, had been suggested by many authors [11] and strong evidences were reported for the transdifferentiation ofstem cells ... attempted to improve cell therapy by a numberof strategies [13] anddeliveryof bioactive molecules for example, growth factors, cytokines and chemokines, is one among them Tissue repair and functional ... recovery after the transplantation ofstem cells are augmented by the deliveryof bioactive molecules that induce stem cells to differentiate into specific-lineage cells HGF has been reported to...
... measurements of each of TC, SBP, and DBP taken in > 1,200 SLE patients, in > years of follow-up In assessment of variability over time, we defined each of TC, SBP, and DBP dichotomously and as continuous ... wherein all of three of TC, SBP, and DBP had been measured and recorded Definitions of variables Age and disease duration at the timeof each visit were reported in years Disease dura- Page of tion ... total numberof visits Likewise, the status of 46.4% of patients varied between normotensive and hypertensive, with hypertension recorded for 14% of the total numberof visits The total and the...