Sentences with phrase «for pigmented cells»

Scientists already knew that stem cells contained in a bulge area of hair follicles are involved in making hair and that SCF is important for pigmented cells, said Dr. Le, a member of the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine.

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It's possible for them to change depending on the amount of melanin, which refers to the pigments of color the skin cells produce.

A layer of cells called the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is essential for supporting and nourishing the retina cells that capture light for vision.

The shape and chemical composition of these granules is identical to organelles found in cells called melanosomes; these being responsible for creating and storing the pigment melanin.

Butterflies aren't the only animals who harness nanotech for cosmetic purposes; so do birds, whose dazzling array of colors comes from a combination of pigment - producing cells and nanoscale design.

«Previous studies primarily focused on neurons and the retinal pigment epithelium cells as culprits in degeneration,» said Eroglu, who is also a member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS).

It first targets a protective lining called the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), which shuttles nutrients to the photoreceptor cells and is vital for their survival.

The study, which followed four individuals for a year after they were treated with embryonic stem cell - derived retinal pigment epithelial cells for macular degeneration, observed no serious side effects (tumor growth or other unexpected effects) related to the therapy.

As a new hair grows, some melanocyte stem cells become melanocytes, which give the strand its color, while others remain stem cells and store pigment for the next generation of hair.

New research links specific inherited genetic differences (alterations) to an increased risk for eye (uveal) melanoma, a rare form of melanoma that arises from pigment cells that determine eye color.

As well as the potential to produce pigment - correct skin grafts, the team's 3D bioprinting method could also be used to develop skin constructs for toxicology testing and fundamental cell biology research.

During surgery, melanocyte skin cells responsible for giving color to the skin, hair and eyes are harvested from healthy, pigmented areas of the body and transferred to an area that lost its pigment.

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe plan to generate replacement retinal pigment epithelial cells from iPS cells generated from patients suffering age - related macular degeneration.

One produces pigment for the hair before dying off, while the other becomes a new melanocyte stem cell.

For example, there have been cases of transplanting retinal pigment epithelium and spine cells from stem cells.

Similar patches have already had some positive results for the «wet» form, in which blood vessels invade and destroy the retinal pigment epithelial cells.

To test their idea for the dry form, Amir Kashani of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and his colleagues coated 6 by 4 - millimetre slithers of polymer with retinal pigment epithelial cells they had grown, then transplanted these into four people.

It has been designed for treating the «dry» form of macular degeneration, caused by deposits on the retina gradually killing retinal pigment epithelial cells, which support light - capturing cells.

The team's focus soon turned to a gene for the melanocortin 1 receptor (mc1r), which tells certain cells to manufacture black and yellow pigments.

The authors say that pigment cells may be preserved in other samples of this phosphatized skin — people just haven't known to look for it.

About 10 % of cases are due to a mutation in retinal pigment epithelium 65 (RPE65), a gene that codes for an enzyme that helps retinal cells make rhodopsin.

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The cells produced more eumelanin, the pigment responsible for black and brown skin, hair, and eyes.

It lays the foundation for subsequent studies to investigate the biology of pigment cell differentiation and chemical identification of the pigments themselves (both of which I believe are beyond the scope of this study).

The authors report that genes encoding heme synthetic enzymes (that generate porphyrin intermediates) are expressed in pigment cells, and the first three enzymes in the heme synthetic pathway are also required for proper pigmentation.

His recent published work describes the rescued visual function in animals using retinal pigment epithelial cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and a method for deriving stem cells using a single - cell approach that does not harm embryos.

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, etCell 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, etcell 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, etcell 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.).

A specific protein, called GPNMB, is important for keeping cells healthy and is involved in generating and storing pigments.

It results from the death of cells critical for vision: retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) and photoreceptor cells.

So far, two major endogenous cell sources for neuronal regeneration have been described: the Müller glia (MG) and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells.

Three - dimensional neuroepithelial culture from human embryonic stem cells and its use for quantitative conversion to retinal pigment epithelium.

LysoSENS - I always believe in sole one (might be to hopeful with bacterial enzyme - filled nanorobots clearing lipofuscin) Reversing Heart Disease, not just heart disease, reverting the major age pigment accumulation problem - lipofuscin in lysosomes that is a major cause of aging (by blocking the proteasome, blocking autophagy and mitophagy process (critical for cell survival).

(B) High power image showing pigment granule - containing donor cells in the RPE - L region that are positive for human nuclear marker (arrows).

In the article, the researchers show that the white coat color in dogs is caused by mutations in the MITF gene that is crucial for normal development of pigment cells.

Diseases of the retina may offer an early test bed for hiPSC - derived cells, in the form of retinal pigmented epithelium, given the relative isolation of the tissue, and the small number of cells required [14].

-- We have shown that the genetic change causing fibromelanosis is a complex rearrangement that leads to increased expression of Endothelin 3, a gene which is known for promoting the growth of pigment cells, explains Ben Dorshorst the post-doctoral researcher responsible for the work.

They went on to show that Sox10, a factor needed for the formation of skin pigment cells from neural crest stem cells during development, was present at high levels in naevi and melanoma samples obtained from both the mouse model and human patients.

Accelerated Three - Dimensional Neuroepithelium Formation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Its Use for Quantitative Differentiation to Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium.

The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a monolayer of cells, residing at the back of the eye between Bruch's membrane and the retina, which is essential for photoreceptor function and survival.

Pigmentation and the pigment cell form an ideal system for genetic analysis of a developmental system, since pigmentary mutations are readily detected and most often are not lethal.

And the good news is there are a number of treatment options available including camouflage using make - up and self tanning lotions; micro-tattooing may be useful for small stable areas of vitiligo such as face, lips and hands; light therapy; the transfer of a patient's own pigment cells from unaffected skin into the vitiligo - affected cells and laser treatments.

Also in this layer, we find melanocytes, the cells responsible for the pigment melanin that determines skin color.

Among it's valuable components are gamma - linolenic acid (GLA), linoleic and arachidonic acids, vitamin B12 (needed, especially for vegetarians, for healthy red blood cells), iron, a high level of protein (60 to 70 percent), essential amino acids, the nucleic acids RNA and DNA, chlorophyll, and phycocyanin, a blue pigment that is found only in blue - green algae and that has increased the survival rate of mice with liver cancer in laboratory experiments.

energy creating - researchers are currently looking into the potential of the sun to use a pigment in the skin called melatin to create energy for the cells

Melanomas arise from pigment producing cells called melanocytes, which are responsible for coloring the skin.

The condition occurs when the cells responsible for producing pigment stop functioning or die.

«The lack of pigment cells causes the death of the nerve cells that need to develop for hearing to occur.»

The cause of the degeneration of the stria vascularis is not known for certain, but appears to result from the absence of pigment cells (melanocytes) in the stria.

All of the functions of these cells are not known, but one role is to maintain high potassium concentrations in the fluid (endolymph) surrounding the hair cells of the cochlea; these pigment cells are critical for survival of the stria and the stria is critical for survival of the hair cells.