... per-centages ofthe cells in the G0 ⁄ G1, S and G2 ⁄ M phases ofthe cell cycle after treatment with 20 lM or 100 lM ATP for 24 h. The gat-ing used for the quantification ofthe cells in the G0 ⁄ ... nucleotides on cell growth, the role of nucleotides as effectors of neoplastictransformation and the ubiquitous expression of the purinergic receptors led to the investigation of the therapeutic ... Inhibition of proliferation of LXF-289 lung tumor cells.Effects of P2 receptor agonists. The influence ofthe different P2receptor agonists is shown as percentage inhibition ofthe prolifer-ation of...
... names ofhuman embryonic stem (hES) cells lines. P denoted the number of passages ofthecell lines. H9-EB denoted embryoid body (EB) prepared from cell line H9 and the day indicates the time ... in the undifferentiation ofhuman embryonic stem cells; among the miRNAs that are highly expressed inundifferentiated embryonic stem cells, the miR-520 cluster may be closely involved in hES cell function ... names of hES cells lines. P denotes the number of passages ofthecell lines. H9-EB denotes embryoid body (EB) prepared from cell line H9 and the day indicates the time in culture. HMVEC = human...
... percen-tage of mononuclear cells in Additional File 1.Analysis ofthe number ofthe progenitor cells incirculation by HALO assayCells expressing the CD34 and CD133 markers areassociated with hematopoietic ... Differentialmobilization of subsets of progenitor cells from the bone marrow. Cell Stem Cell 2009, 4(1):62-72.40. Westerweel PE, Visseren FL, Hajer GR, et al: Endothelial progenitor cell levels in obese men with the ... 0 .07). These datasuggest Stem- Kine supplementation increases circula-tion of cells capable of giving rise to hematopoietic- lineage cells in vitro. Stem- Kine augments circulation of cells withEPC...
... Becker EW. The roles of ATP in the dynamics ofthe actin filaments ofthe cytoskeleton. Biol Chem. 2006;387(4):401-6. 2. Lopez LA, Bertini F. The in vivo effect of low body temperatures on the degree ... Besides cell survivability, another critical parameter is whether the undifferentiated state of hESC is affected by exposure to low temperature. The degree of spontaneous differentiation of low ... Virtually all ofthe detached cells were determined to be non-viable with tryphan blue staining (data not shown). All ofthe detached cells were washed off prior to the MTT assay. From the raw...
... region of Prm3. Deletion of the PPARc (a) and RXR III half sites to generate the )170 subfragment retained 15d-PGJ2-suppression of Prm3 activity. On the other hand, either deletion of the PPARc ... (DR5). These dataprovide direct evidence for the role of PPARc in the regulation of human TP gene expression within the vasculature and point to further critical dif-ferences in the modes of transcriptional ... 15d-PGJ2-suppres-sion of luciferase expression. On the other hand, eitherdeletion ofthe latter PPARc (b) and RXR IV halfsites, such as within the )154 subfragment, or dis-ruption ofthe RXR IV half...
... 500 sites per cell. This is approxi-mately 50% as compared to the responsive HBL cells. The lack of functional coupling of these cell lines, particularly of DOR cells homozygous for the wild-type ... shift ofthe displacement curve and by the lower amount of radioactivity bound in the absence of competitor (in spite ofthe lack of statistically significantdifferences in the number of binding ... gain -of- function,mutations of MC1R are indeed frequent in HMC lines,and that impairment of signaling through the cAMPcascade occurs in these cells even in the absence of mutations in the coding region ofthe gene....
... exposed to antihuman whole serum antibodies, which attach to any human cell. Cellcell connections within the outer layer ofthe trophoblast prevent penetration ofthe antibodies into the blastocyst, ... demonstrated that ESC-like cells can be isolated from human embryos. They described the isolation of ICM cells from human blastocysts and the culturing of these cells for two pas-sages, while ... and the derivation ofhuman lines using basically the same culturing techniques. Chapter 1 Methods for the Derivation ofHuman Embryonic StemCell Lines 31.1 Introductiondemonstrates the...
... SwedenIntroductionMast cells (MCs) are resident tissue cells that are dis-tributed along the surfaces ofthe body. They are fre-quently found in the mucosa ofthe airways andintestine, in connective tissue ofthe ... number of poten-tial substrates during the screening ofthe full human proteome. This highlights the importance of factorsother than the extended cleavage specificity in deter-mining whether ... orGlu, but attract these residues equally well, probablysolely on the basis on the negative charge of their sidechains.Verifying the consensus sequence by the use of anew type of recombinant...
... by the redox state of the cell. Furthermore, hydrogen peroxide could in partprevent the effect of PycnogenolÒand thus partlyrestore the activity of TrxR. One possible mechanismexplaining the ... wereobserved, as the activity of both enzymes decreased inparallel with the duration of incubation for both treatedand non-treated cells, reflecting varying expression at the various stages ofthecell ... agent, the regulation of expression ofthe anti-oxidant selenoproteins becomes much more complex.We show here that regulation of TrxR appears to beprimarily dependent on the redox state ofthe cell, rather...
... characterization of transplanted cells derived from human ES cellsWe induced differentiationofhuman ES cells in an invitro two-dimensional culture on OP9 stromal cell lineand examined the expression of ... purposes)Effects ofthe transplanted vascular cells on the CBF in the ipsilateral sideFigure 3Effects ofthe transplanted vascular cells on the CBF in the ipsilateral side. A-C: LDPI analysis ofthe CBF ... MCs derived from human ES cells (hES-ECs+MCs). Thecell mixture was composed of almost the same number of ECs and MCs. We resorted the VE-cad-herin+ cells from these expanded cells to obtain...
... protein has the capacity to drive cisplatin out of the CNE2 cells.ABCC2 siRNA increased the sensitivity of cisplatin in CNE2 cells without changing thecell viabilityTo assess thecell viability, ... foundbetween thecell growth of these cells (Fig. 3A), whichindicate that the viability of cells was influenced neitherby the transfection procedure, nor by ABCC2 gene.To evaluate the sensitivity ... CNE2 cells. In vitro, cellular accumulation of cisplatin wasdetected by HPLC. The capacity of cellular growth and sensitivity of cells against cisplatin weredetected by MTT assay. In vivo, the...
... to the uterus [24]. Therefore, based on the experience of our research group in the identification, and character-ization of potential sources of adult stem cells [7,10,12-15], the aim of this ... andshowed the ability to differentiate into cell types of the three germ layers [17-23]. The human fallopian tubes (hFTs) share the same embry-ologic origin as the uterus. They have the capacity ... potential source of pluripotent cells forregenerative medicine. The identification of niches of tis-sue-specific stem cells capable of replacing damaged dif-ferentiated cells in the hFTs may contribute...
... markers on their surface such as CD34and CD133 allowing for the isolation of relatively purepopulations of these cells for in vitro study ofthe cellu-lar processes in thalassemic stem cells. ... analysis of confirmed that the isolated cells highly expressed the cell surface marker CD34 and had low levels of CD45 andwere negative for glycophorin A. The p urity ofthe iso-lated CD34+cells ... blood stem cells invitro [23]. The bone marrow of patients with b-thalasse-mia contains five to six times the number of erythroidprecursors as the healthy controls [24]. The acceleration of apoptosis...