In monkeys, methods for inducing germ cell differentiation from ES cells have not been reported except spontaneous germ
cell differentiation by EB formation [7].
The pervasive vasculature facilitates stem
cell differentiation by enabling delivery of cell growth factors throughout all areas of the tissue.
Verify Th1
cell differentiation by analyzing cytokine expression via flow cytometry or ELISA (optional).
The symplekin / ZONAB complex inhibits intestinal
cell differentiation by the repression of AML1 / Runx1.
Not exact matches
As
differentiation continues, various genes are «switched off» but stem
cells, even in adults, retain a certain pluripotency in order to produce fully differentiated
cells lost
by damage or ageing.
Stage I lactogenesis, or secretory initiation, occurs during pregnancy and is defined
by the
differentiation of mammary alveolar epithelial
cells into specialized secretory
cells, termed lactocytes (1).
Furthermore,
by making use of embryonic stem
cells and in vitro
differentiation, SIF - seq can be used to assess enhancer activity in a wide variety of disease - relevant
cell types.»
Adds Pennacchio, «The range of biologically or disease - relevant enhancers that SIF - seq can be used to identify is limited only
by currently available stem
cell differentiation methods.
Some scientists had claimed that the lymphatic system was derived from specialized stem
cells called angioblasts, whereas others had argued that it originated
by the
differentiation of pre-existing embryonic veins.
The study also found that in addition to its role in determining the sex of somatic
cells, Sxl regulation
by m6A is required to initiate germline stem
cell differentiation for developing eggs.
We examined the function of this structural
differentiation by determining how
cell ensembles in rat CA3 and CA1 generate representations of rooms with common spatial elements.
By analysing the early steps that precede tumor formation, Alexandra Van Keymeulen and colleagues found that expression of oncogenic Pik3ca reactivates a multilineage
differentiation program in adult stem
cells that resembles to an immature embryonic state.
The research team, led
by bioengineering professor Adam Engler, also found that a protein binding the stem
cell to the hydrogel is not a factor in the
differentiation of the stem
cell as previously suggested.
Engler's team, which includes bioengineering graduate student researchers Ludovic Vincent and Jessica Wen, found that the stem
cell differentiation is a response to the mechanical deformation of the hydrogel from the force exerted
by the
cell.
After deciphering this natural
differentiation process, the investigators duplicated it in the laboratory dish
by adding a sequence of proteins, called growth factors, to the fluid bathing the stem
cells.
The current view proposes that stem
cell differentiation is controlled
by their local environment, the so - called niche.
Some of the researchers at the centre will study the
differentiation of stem
cells into other
cell types, one group
by using human embryonic stem
cell biology and another
by studying early embryo development.
Their analysis of more than 4,000 individual tumor
cells, the largest effort to date in brain tumors, finds three developmental categories of cancer
cells — one resembling neural stem
cells and two characterized
by sets of genes indicting paths towards
differentiation.
Varghese and her team showed that they could control the
differentiation of human pluripotent stem
cells into functional osteoblasts — bone - building
cells — simply
by adding the molecule adenosine to their growth medium.
Their results demonstrated shared mechanisms
by which miR -17-92 mediates cGVHD progression — namely
by regulating T helper -
cell differentiation, B -
cell activation, germinal center responses, and autoantibody production.
The study focuses on «stemness,» defined as the potential for self - renewal and
differentiation from the
cell of origin, and on «stemness indices» developed during postdoctoral research conducted
by Tathiane Malta as part of a project supported
by FAPESP and with Houtan Noushmehr, a professor in FMRP - USP's Genetics Department, as principal investigator.
Instead, they are actually supplied
by first progenitor
cells that develop during the following
differentiation step.
The release of several signals
by skin
cells that are dying contributes to the creation and spreading of the chronic immune response and hyper - proliferation and irregular
differentiation of epidermis,» says Joan Manils, first author of the study and member of the mentioned department and post-doctorate researcher at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (Ireland).
The study, publishing July 27 in the open access journal PLOS Biology departs from the view that
cell differentiation follows step -
by - step instructions.
By monitoring stem
cell differentiation on gels that mimic the stiffness and nanofibrous structure of biological tissue, researchers have identified the specific molecules that stem
cells use when selecting bone and cartilage fates.
Despite a lack of rigorous clinical trials to test safety or efficacy, a ban of the treatment
by health authorities, and a lack of peer review
by the scientific community, the privately funded Stamina Foundation has been using cultured mesenchymal stem
cells that have been exposed to putative conditions that favour neuronal
differentiation to treat different diseases in severely or terminally ill patients.
Dr. Gabriel Ferguson, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Martinez - Agosto and first author of the study, built upon the lab's previous research that utilized the blood system of the fruit fly species Drosophila, showing that a specific set of signals must be received
by progenitor
cells to activate their
differentiation into
cells that can work to fight infection after injury.
Interestingly, however, a team of researchers led
by Nagoya University previously found that the occurrence of more germ
cells — biological
cells capable of uniting with one from the opposite sex to form a new individual — in female medaka (teleost fish) gonads is essential for female
differentiation of gonads.
These receptors determine the
differentiation of
cell function and may increase the ability to produce insulin in response to glucose
by beta
cells.
In CRC 873, funded
by the German Research Foundation, medical and biological scientists investigate the basic regulatory mechanisms that control the self - renewal and
differentiation of stem
cells.
Many breast cancers are marked
by a lack of HOXA5 protein, a gene product known to control
cell differentiation and death, and lower levels of the protein correspond to poorer outcomes for patients.
«Our study found that
by introducing an inhibitor of the STAT3 protein in repeated cycles, we could alternately replenish the pool of satellite
cells and promote their
differentiation into muscle fibers,» said Alessandra Sacco, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Development, Aging, and Regeneration Program at Sanford - Burnham.
«We have discovered that
by timing the inhibition of STAT3 — like an «on / off» light switch — we can transiently expand the satellite -
cell population followed
by their
differentiation into mature muscle
cells.»
They found that the inhibitor initially promoted satellite -
cell replication, followed
by differentiation of the satellite
cells into muscle fibers.
In comparison with the
cells obtained with the technique developed
by Yamanaka, the stem
cells obtained
by CNIO therefore represent an even earlier embryonic state, with greater capacity for
differentiation.
The authors uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms, as well as the gene network regulated
by Sox9 during the early steps of skin tumor initiation and demonstrates that Sox9 controls the long term maintenance and expansion of oncogene expressing
cells by promoting self - renewing division and inhibiting
differentiation.
But because the BMP4 and noggin molecules were directly in contact with the
cells, much less growth factor was needed to spur the
differentiation — approximately 12 times less than what would be required
by conventional solution - based techniques.
Even though STAT3 activity drives the expansion of MDSCs and is involved in immune responses mediated
by the
cells, they found that high levels of STAT3 activity actually prevent the
differentiation of MDSCs to macrophages.
The 28 groups that will eventually make up the CRG will be organised around five main programmes — Gene Regulation, Development and
Cell Biology,
Cell Differentiation and Cancer, Genes and Diseases, and Bioinformatics and Genomics — each of which will be headed
by a senior scientist leading his or her own group.
The
differentiation of stem
cells is largely controlled
by external cues, including morphogenic growth factors, in the three - dimensional environment that surrounds the
cells.
Subsequent experiments carried out at the Laboratory of
Cell Biology in Rome
by Luigi Aloe and one of us (Levi - Montalcini) demonstrated that this remarkable transformation can also take place in the intact animal: repeated injections of NGF into rat fetuses, continued for two to three weeks after birth, resulted in the
differentiation of chromaffin
cells into sympathetic neurons in the core of the adrenal gland!
«Our experiments showed that restoring H19 expression hindered
by too much p53 restored «protective
differentiation» of osteoblasts to counter events of tumor growth early on in bone cancer,» said co-author, Ihor Lemischka, PhD, Director of The Black Family Stem
Cell Institute within the Icahn School of Medicine.
It was originally thought that ATRA was successfully treating APL
by inducing
cell differentiation, causing cancer
cells to change into normal
cells by activating the cellular retinoic acid receptors.
The
differentiation of the outer layer of blastocyst
cells from the inner
cell mass is already underway
by the 8 -
cell stage.
The study, «Directed network wiring identifies a key protein interaction in embryonic stem
cell differentiation,» was supported
by the National Institutes of Health.
A short - term inhibition of Rho - kinase failed to induce extracellular matrix production in fibroblasts or in HCS - 2 / 8
cells, while its long - term exposure increased the expressions of chondrocyte - specific genes and
differentiation markers, and also promoted the synthesis of sulfated glycosaminoglycans
by chondrocytic
cells.
His findings could help researchers devise ways to repair or replace damaged tissues
by directing
cells into specific
differentiation paths.
Cell therapy, as envisaged by the teams of I - Stem, is primarily based on the identification of experimental protocols that can specifically guide differentiation of pluripotent cells to a cell fate, which presents a interest for the replacement of the defective cell population from the patient (the striatal neurons for Huntington's disease, the cells of the retinal pigment epithelium for retinitis pigmentosa, keratinocytes for genodermatoses, et
Cell therapy, as envisaged
by the teams of I - Stem, is primarily based on the identification of experimental protocols that can specifically guide
differentiation of pluripotent
cells to a
cell fate, which presents a interest for the replacement of the defective cell population from the patient (the striatal neurons for Huntington's disease, the cells of the retinal pigment epithelium for retinitis pigmentosa, keratinocytes for genodermatoses, et
cell fate, which presents a interest for the replacement of the defective
cell population from the patient (the striatal neurons for Huntington's disease, the cells of the retinal pigment epithelium for retinitis pigmentosa, keratinocytes for genodermatoses, et
cell population from the patient (the striatal neurons for Huntington's disease, the
cells of the retinal pigment epithelium for retinitis pigmentosa, keratinocytes for genodermatoses, etc.).
Lactobacillus accelerates ISCs regeneration to protect the integrity of intestinal mucosa through activation of STAT3 signaling pathway induced
by LPLs secretion of IL - 22 — Qihang Hou —
Cell Death and
Differentiation
Yachi, P.P., Lotz, C., Ampudia, J. & Gascoigne, N.R.J. T
cell activation enhancement
by endogenous pMHC acts for both weak and strong agonists but varies with
differentiation state.