«We've not had
cell surface markers for the different stem cell states before, which has made it hard to study them,» says Fredrik Lanner, assistant professor at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology.
However, SSEA1 can be a useful
cell surface marker for the detection and enrichment of putative germ cells derived from ES cells as reported previously [56].
Not exact matches
His work indicates that this
cell surface marker could serve as a target
for a novel brain cancer vaccine or T -
cell therapies engineered to recognize and kill tumors carrying that neoantigen.
For instance, LKB1 also helped to repress
cell surface markers on immune
cells called dendritic
cells that fueled the allergic reaction.
The use of
cell surface markers to isolate specific
cell populations is one common method
for separating
cells; however, isolating live
cells based on their RNA expression is a powerful new way enabling the study of small
cell niches in nongenetically modified animal models and human tissue.
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified
cell surface markers specific
for the very earliest stem
cells in the human embryo.
The group was then able to sort the
cells using
markers expressed on the
cell surface, to help pull out successfully edited
cells for research, and eventually
for therapeutic use.
«But the desired
cells often lack a readily accessible
surface marker, or that
marker is not specific enough, as is the case
for cardiac muscle
cells.
The scientists also found that a protein known as CD29 acts as a
cell -
surface marker for precursor fat
cells that can generate mature
cells with high energy potential, as shown by their UCP1 expression.
But the new data reveals that oRGs bring a support group with them: The
cells express genes
for surface markers and molecular signals that enhance their own ability to proliferate, the researchers found.
There are no specific
markers to identify them; however, they are negative
for hematopoietic
cell markers like CD34 / 45 / HLA - DR and express CD90 / 73/105 on their
surface 2, 3, 4.
Asialoglycoprotein receptor 1 is a specific
cell -
surface marker for isolating hepatocytes derived from human pluripotent stem
cells.
The authors used the
cell surface marker podoplanin as a handle
for isolating the progenitor
cells from bone marrow.
Purified
cells were
surface stained
for a variety of leukocyte
markers and analyzed using flow cytometry.
Cells were stained with antibodies specific
for human
cell surface markers: CD326 / ESA - FITC, CD24 - PE, and CD44 - PE - Cy7 (BD Pharmingen, San Jose, CA, USA).
The B
cell depleted fraction was then
surface stained
for lineage
markers (CD3, CD19, CD14), CD127 and
cells were sorted (Lin - CD127 +).
Cells were washed with 1 % BSA and stained with
surface markers for ILC3.
(A) Flow cytometry of two independent HV clones (HV 5.1 and HV 16.1) cultured either under self - renewing conditions or in the absence of LIF show the presence of a subpopulation of
cells positive
for Venus and / or the ES
cell surface marker SSEA - 1.
People who had a better antibody response to the vaccine after 28 days had higher levels of HLA - DR (a
cell surface protein which is a
marker for immune stimulation) on a specialised type of dendritic
cell.
The success of
marker - based approaches
for dissecting haematopoiesis in mouse and human is reliant on the presence of well - defined
cell surface markers specific
for diverse progenitor populations.
Single
cell Q - RTPCR
for the genes indicated was carried out on
cells separated by flow cytometry on the basis of
cell surface marker expression.
Oct - 4 is most consistently expressed of the pluripotency genes that we have studied, and it is switched off only in populations that have lost other measurable features of pluripotency, such as stem
cell surface marker expression and the capacity
for self - renewal.
Haihui Lu, Ph.D., a CRI fellow at the Whitehead Institute
for Biomedical Research, has identified a
surface marker that distinguishes a population of breast cancer
cells that are more prone to metastasis and demonstrate higher levels of «stemness,» the ability to seed other tumors.