This short review, part of the Thematic Series on Raman Spectroscopies, describes the application of Raman micro-spectroscopy to measure the molecular properties of stem cells
during differentiation in - vitro.
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This
differentiation may become obvious with the first appearance of colostrum
during the secretory development phase
in the second half of gestation.
Decreased IGF type 1 receptor signaling
in mammary epithelium
during pregnancy leads to reduced proliferation, alveolar
differentiation, and expression of insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1 and IRS - 2.
The
differentiation campaign would begin
in April,
during the European elections campaign, and continue until September and the Lib Dems» final autumn conference before next year's general election.
All the interdisciplinary skills and knowledge he had gathered
during his scientific training — which had covered biochemistry, biotechnology, biomaterials, and stem cell biology — put him «
in a very advantageous position to address this question» of how to develop nanoparticles that could modulate stem cell
differentiation on demand, he says.
Up until now, however, it has been unclear what comes first
during cardiomyocyte
differentiation: the reorganization of the DNA's folding
in the cellular nucleus or the DNA's methylation — and whether these mechanisms are dependent on one another.
It has been particularly difficult to measure changes
in electrical functions of cells grown within Organ Chips that are normally electrically active, such as neuronal cells
in the brain or beating heart cells, both
during their
differentiation and
in response to drugs.
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.
The new technique could also be useful
in understanding how stem cells change oxidation properties
during differentiation into other cell types.
More importantly, the fibronectin part of the complex is expressed
during a cell's transition to cancer and plays a role
in cell growth, migration and
differentiation.
The scientists conclude that the study reveals an essential function for CTCF
in the orchestration of transcriptional changes
during the terminal
differentiation of B lymphocytes and advances understanding of the mechanisms that regulate the immune response.
In most placental mammals, the Y chromosome induces male
differentiation during development, whereas embryos without it become female.
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.
In the case of planarians, the gene egr - 4 seems to perform an early control of cell proliferation as a response to amputation, and be involved later in the early differentiation of brain during regeneratio
In the case of planarians, the gene egr - 4 seems to perform an early control of cell proliferation as a response to amputation, and be involved later
in the early differentiation of brain during regeneratio
in the early
differentiation of brain
during regeneration.
One of the key metabolic alterations that takes place
during EMT is that of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) which is a pathway that regulates growth, survival, proliferation, and
differentiation in mammalian cells.
Seeking fresh sources, they looked for cells that express the gene neurogenin 3, a potential sign of cell
differentiation because it is the first gene to only switch on
in pancreatic islets
during embryonic development.
However, malformation of skeletal bones
during embryogenesis also occurs
in FOP patients and illustrates that the underlying genetic mutation occurs
in a gene with functional importance
in regulating chondro - osseous
differentiation during embryonic skeletal development as well as
in adult musculoskeletal tissues.
We notably follow the time course of structural changes
in response to cues that affect gene expression either transiently or permanently: changes
in genome structure
during transient hormonal response of differentiated cells and stable trans -
differentiation of B cells to macrophages.
In parallel, the roles of symmetric and asymmetric cell divisions are investigated as a mechanism for governing stem cell self - renewal and differentiation during embryonic development and in the adul
In parallel, the roles of symmetric and asymmetric cell divisions are investigated as a mechanism for governing stem cell self - renewal and
differentiation during embryonic development and
in the adul
in the adult.
Highly Synchronized Expression of Lineage - Specific Genes
during In Vitro Hepatic
Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines.
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
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
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).
Expression patterns of DLK1 and INSL3 identify stages of Leydig cell
differentiation during normal development and
in testicular pathologies, including testicular cancer and Klinefelter syndrome.
Expression of MyoD, a skeletal muscle - specific transcriptional regulator, activated the expression of the Cdk inhibitor p21
during differentiation of murine myocytes and
in nonmyogenic cells.
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.
Recent studies have started to map the gene - wide chromatin interactions
in the interphase nucleus, revealing some principles of chromosome organization into territories, and dramatic changes of chromatin organization and interactions
during differentiation and lineage specification.
Laminin - 111 is important
during early epithelial development and
differentiation of the epiblast, and is commonly used as a general attachment protein
in cell culture.
Starting my lab beginning of 2015
in Dresden we will focus on understanding the role of membrane organization
during cell
differentiation and tissue formation.
Title: A genome - wide RNAi screen reveals MAP kinase phosphatases as key ERK pathway regulators
during embryonic stem cell
differentiation (
IN PRESS, Oct 2012) Authors: Sharrocks A, Yang S - H, Kalkan T, Haslam C, Smith A Date:
IN PRESS, Oct 2012 Publication Details: PLoS Genetics
The appearances under phase - contrast microscope of human satellite cell cultures
during proliferation and
differentiation are shown
in Figs. 1a and b. Cell cultures were allowed to differentiate for 4 days before cell cultures were exposed to the different insulin concentrations for 4 days as described
in research design and methods.
Several more researchers presented their work
during the day, including protein synthesis at atomic resolution, bio-imaging opportunities at synchrotrons, multi-dimensional imaging
during plant cell
differentiation, how to use electron cryomicroscopy for
in situ structural biology, and how structured illumination microscopy can offer insights into the regulation of mammalian meiosis.
As cellular junctions are one of the first specialized structures that form
during tissue development they have a critical role
in guiding cell polarization and
differentiation.
'' «Figure 4: Effect of telomerase deficiency on extracellular matrix (ECM) protein molecules
during in vitro osteoblast
differentiation of BMSCs.
By using the nanocomplex
in conjunction with computer programme codes and imaging software, the researchers were able to follow how mRNA expresses itself
during neural stem cell
differentiation.
The application of transgenesis and other genetic methods -
in conjunction with total genome sequence and database information on gene expression patterns, morphological changes
during development, and mutant phenotypes - should significantly enhance our ability to unravel the multilayered networks that control gene expression and
differentiation.
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).
Further, we demonstrate that deletion of Alkbh1
in embryonic stem cells leads to upregulation of the core genes involved
in pluripotency and that ALKBH1 is required
during early
differentiation.
Finally, stomodeal - specific RNAi - mediated silencing of Twist
during compression impairs the
differentiation of midgut cells, resulting
in larval lethality.
VASA expression increased
during the
differentiation of monkey ES cells, indicating that these cells have the ability to differentiate into a germ cell lineage
in vitro.
A slight increase
in PIWIL1 expression was also detected
in the EBs after day 21, whereas no PIWIL2 expression was detected
during EB
differentiation.
For example, the expression of BMP - Smad signaling pathway components is low
during differentiation of mDA neurons from their VM neural precursors
in vivo (E10 — E12), yet after this period, these subsequently increase
in expression and play a functional role
in mDA neuronal outgrowth (E1 — E18)[37].
The researchers also identified a counteracting repressor protein
in the cells that actively shut off macrophage - favoring genes
during neutrophil
differentiation.
I am also interested
in musculoskeletal system trade - offs
during evolution of body size, and I have projects which are analyzing musculoskeletal system growth and
differentiation rate variation
in divergent fish populations reared under «common garden» environments.
In addition to the visualization of expression profiles
during ES cell
differentiation, the search engine provides links to analyze the selected genes using many publicly available tools and resources.
DIC images of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs)
during in vitro expansion (A) and
differentiation (B).
Moreover, ES cell
differentiation in vitro recapitulates events that take place
during early embryonic development including the formation of the three germ layers of ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm, and the emergence of endothelial, hematopoietic, cardiac, neuronal and hepatic or pancreatic cells [8], [9].
Genes involved
in DNA damage control and inhibition of DNA synthesis [49],
in particular Atm, Chk1 and Chk2, are also highly expressed
in ES cells, but decline
during differentiation.
Prolonged
in vitro culture
during gene targeting found D4 to be more susceptible to
differentiation than C2.
For example, clusters containing genes that are upregulated
during the course of ES cell
differentiation (Table 3) include
in order of time of expression: cluster 30 that represents genes which take part
in the formation of the three embryonic germ layers
during gastrulation, i.e., Goosecoid, Cerberus like 1 homolog, Wnt3, Mesp1, Mixl1, mEomes and Even - skipped 1; cluster 15 containing molecular regulators of early mesoderm development including Bmp2, Bmp5, Msx1, Msx2, Cripto, Tbx20, Hey2, Smad6, Vegfr2 (Kdr), Foxf1 and Hand1; cluster 20, which comprises regulatory and structural genes linked to hemopoiesis such as Gata1, Nfe2, Klf1, Tie1, hemoglobins (Hba - x, Hbb - b1) and Glycophorin A; cluster 12, which is rich
in genes involved
in cardiac development, e.g., Mef2c, Myl4, cardiac Troponin T2, Tropomodulin 1, myosin binding protein C, Bves, Angiopoietin 1 and Angiopoietin 2; and, cluster 4, which consists mostly of genes associated with neuronal development and
differentiation, for example, Neurog1, Neurog2, Olig2, Nkx6.1, Neurod4, Pou3f2, Pou3f4, Cacna2d3, Cacng4, Kcnq2 and EphA5.
These include: a) Global Clusters that consist of a small, tight subset of genes that are co-expressed under the entire spectrum of experimental conditions; b) Time Series of gene expression profiles
during successive days of standard ES cell
differentiation; c) Specific Gene Classes based on hierarchical clustering of transcriptional factors and ESTs; d) Expression Waves of genes with characteristic expression profiles
during ES cell
differentiation, juxtaposed to waves of genes that behave
in the exact opposite way; e) Pathway Animations that illustrate dynamic changes
in the components of individual KEGG signaling and metabolic pathways viewed
in time - related manner; and, f) Search Engines to display the expression pattern of any transcript, or groups of transcripts,
during the course of ES cell
differentiation, or to query the association of candidate genes with various FunGenES database clusters.
Finally, we analyzed ESTs separately to distinguish the ones that are expressed
in ES cells or
during the
differentiation process.