In addition to p53, there are other transcriptional activatory mechanisms that are not well understood for the most part and which operate in response to mitogenic stimulation (11, 12), transforming growth factor - β (13, 14, 15), and aberrant oncogenic signals (16, 17) or during a number of
cell differentiation processes (18, 19).
Heatmaps of the 50 concise clusters for All Genes, Transcription Factors and ESTs according to their timing of induction or suppression during the normal ES
cell differentiation process.
The bottom row consists of three tools that offer: detailed organization of specific gene expression patterns (Expression Waves) during the differentiation process (bottom left); animation of KEGG pathways organized by successive days of differentiation (Pathway Animations, bottom middle); and, a search engine to obtain the expression of any transcript or groups of transcripts in the Affymetrix 430 v. 2 arrays during the ES
cell differentiation process (bottom right).
Not exact matches
However, it remains unclear how these different stem
cells populations balance proliferation,
differentiation and migration during the healing
process.
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.
Scientists know that different auxin concentrations in
cells and their environment assume a key role in these
differentiation processes.
Directing stem
cell differentiation is like following a complex recipe, involving a long list of ingredients and steps that make the
process costly and inefficient.
The geneticists at MLU were able to demonstrate that this
process already operates at a very early stage in meiosis and corresponds temporally to the sexual
differentiation onset of female germ
cells.
Through the mTOR signalling pathway, it is involved in the regulation of many cellular
processes, including
cell survival, metabolism, proliferation,
differentiation, and senescence.
Two recent studies describe these kinds of mechanisms: one of them, published in the journal Molecular Systems Biology, describes the
process through which
cells stop growing due
cell differentiation; the second one, published in Journal of Cell Science, describes plants» cell replenishment after being dama
cell differentiation; the second one, published in Journal of
Cell Science, describes plants» cell replenishment after being dama
Cell Science, describes plants»
cell replenishment after being dama
cell replenishment after being damaged.
But like the medieval alchemists, today's cloning and stem
cell biologists are working largely with
processes they don't fully understand: What actually happens inside the oocyte to reprogram the nucleus is still a mystery, and scientists have a lot to learn before they can direct a
cell's
differentiation as smoothly as nature's program of development does every time fertilized egg gives rise to the multiple
cell types that make up a live baby.
The laboratory
process, described in the journal Scientific Reports, entails genetically modifying a line of human embryonic stem
cells to become fluorescent upon their
differentiation to retinal ganglion
cells, and then using that
cell line for development of new
differentiation methods and characterization of the resulting
cells.
The study revealed that growth factors — especially one known as growth
differentiation factor 9 — coming from the eggs drove the feeding tube multiplication and growth
process, acting directly upon the genetic machinery of the follicle
cells surrounding the egg.
Senior researcher Mori continues, «We see UPR working «backstage», so to speak, to support the main actors during
cell differentiation and thereby orchestrating various biological
processes»
Failure of this regulation not only impairs the
process of development, but also contributes to the reversal of
cell differentiation and the uncontrolled
cell growth that are the hallmarks of cancer.
This
process, called
cell differentiation, gives rise to all the various
cell types, such as nerve, muscle, or blood
cells, which are diverse in shape and function and make up tissues and organs.
Although this human Gut Chip recreated the villus epithelium of normal intestine and enabled new insights into how flow and cyclic peristalsis affects intestinal
differentiation and function, it could not be used to study
processes that relied on normal intestinal
cells from individual donors, which, for example, is crucial for studying patient - specific responses for personalized medicine.
In order to learn more about this
process, Alexander Skupin and his team treated blood stem
cells from mice with growth hormones and then watched closely how these progenitor
cells behaved during their
differentiation into white or red blood
cells.
However, in developing brain
cells, the researchers found TLR3 activation also influences 41 genes that add up to a double whammy in this model — diminished stem
cell differentiation into brain
cells and increased
cell suicide, a carefully controlled
process known as apoptosis.
Knowing how
cells exert force and sense mechanical feedback in their microenvironment is crucial to understanding how they activate a wide range of cellular functions, such as
cell reproduction,
differentiation and adhesion — basic physiological
processes that underlie embryo development, tumor metastasis, wound healing and many other aspects of human health and disease.
«Our findings represent two key
processes of stem
cell differentiation,» said Lickert.
The
process that sets a stem
cell on the path to either self - renewal or
differentiation was thought to be a highly complex web of genetic and environmental interactions.
A promising type of therapy called
differentiation therapy targets these malignant
cells so that they can resume the
process of differentiating into mature
cells.
This screening approach revealed several microRNA molecules that induce the
process of
cell differentiation, and those are key to developing new drugs.
Such research on the basic
processes of
cell differentiation holds out the promise of dramatic new medical interventions and cures.
Combined, the molecular
processes involving the HIPPO / TAZ / YAP and Gαs feedback circuit indicate it acts as a fulcrum that balances Schwann
cell proliferation and
differentiation in peripheral nerves, according to the authors.
«The targeted
differentiation of human pluripotent stem
cells is often a long and rather inefficient
process.
The authors concluded that the CaP / gel / Ti implants fabricated using their urease
process not only enhanced the proliferation of stem
cells and
differentiation of bone
cells, but also the bone bonding ability of the implants.
«Yet we know little about the genes and molecular pathways that keep stem
cells from turning into regular tissue
cells — a
process known as
differentiation.»
«Irreversible resolution of lineage priming appears to be a common feature of blood
cell differentiation and may in fact be a general feature of other developmental
processes.»
Commitment toward
differentiation of pluripotent stem
cells is a multi-step
process that requires combination of signals.
He uses the paradigm of nuclear hormone receptor activation / signaling and the contribution of this
process to myeloid
cell differentiation, function, and to diseases, involving these
cells, such as atherosclerosis, tissue regeneration, metabolic, and various inflammatory disorders, as his model systems.
This
process (see figure) started with spin - embryoid body (spin - EB) formation from cultures of single -
cell hiPSC suspensions in 96 well plates, and the subsequent addition of BMP4 and FGF - 2 to induce mesoderm
differentiation, and then VEGF and SCF to induce hematopoietic
differentiation.
Working with the research group led by Vijay G. Sankaran, M.D., Ph.D., of Boston Children's Hospital and the Broad Institute, Rajiv K. Khajuria, a doctoral student at Charité's Berlin - Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies, studied the molecular
processes involved in the
differentiation of stem
cells and their development into mature blood
cells.
Conrad Hal Waddington coined a classical metaphor for the
process of
cell differentiation during development: An epigenetic landscape characterized by valleys of different levels, and hills to separate them.
We have identified a number of key transcription factors that are deregulated during this
process, and we are using this information to investigate mechanisms by which
differentiation can be reprogrammed in tumour
cells.
«We can no longer view differentiated
cells as being a static endpoint of the
differentiation process,» says Izpisúa Belmonte, who also directs the CMRB.
The project will focus on answering the question, how an embryonic stem
cell computes cues from its environment to elicit a regulated, exact
cell fate choice during a
process called «
differentiation».
The product combines pancreatic progenitor
cells called PEC - 01, produced by a directed
differentiation process, encapsulated with a semi-permeable device called the Encaptra ® Drug Delivery System, both are proprietary technologies.
When a stem
cell divides, it has the potential to either remain as a stem
cell (
process known as «self - renewal») or to become a different type of
cell with a more specialized function («
differentiation»).
The portfolio includes U.S. and foreign patents and applications directed to culture, expansion and scale - up of pluripotent stem
cells and
cell types derived therefrom, various
differentiation processes for production of mesendoderm, definitive endoderm, PEC - 01, and endocrine precursors, as well as claims directed to the Company's Encaptra ® macro-encapsulation device platform.
Cell Therapy Catapult will develop a scalable manufacturing and
differentiation process for AST - VAC2 in order to support the downstream demands of clinical trials and ultimately commercialization.
The pool of stem
cells in the bone marrow is continuously undergoing a
process of self - renewal and
differentiation.
Novocell scientists pioneered a
differentiation process that successfully engineers hES
cells into definitive and pancreatic endoderm
cells necessary for pancreas formation.
This ensures that sister cultures from the same subjects are similar in
cell composition and
differentiation state, and it avoids the influence of experimental conditions on the
differentiation process (1).
Plant roots grow due to
cell division in the meristem and subsequent
cell elongation and
differentiation, a tightly coordinated
process that ensures growth and adaptation to the changing environment.
Izpisua Belmonte and colleagues published work in the journal Nature last year reporting that they had been able to integrate human stem
cells into early - stage mouse embryos so that the human stem
cells began the first stages of
differentiation — they appeared to begin the
process of generating precursors of the body's various tissues and organs.
Nevertheless,
cell lines with varying
differentiation potential might also aid in study of molecular regulation of
differentiation processes.
The early cardiac markers and transcription factors (Gata4, Mef2c, Hind I, Nkx2 - 5 and beta - Mhc) were examined in iPS
cell lines 11.1 and 4.1 during the cardiac
differentiation process (
differentiation day 0, day 3, day 6 and day 9).
The
process, known as
differentiation, attempts to replicate in the lab the natural development of neurons from undifferentiated stem
cells in a human embryo.