Now Whitehead Institute researchers have designed a growth medium that more closely resembles the cells» environment in the body — and demonstrated that, relative to decades - old recipes that have remained the workhorses of cell culture studies,
it significantly alters the cells» inner workings.
Not exact matches
Moreover, a
cell culture constantly
alters its own environment — changing the concentration of oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients
significantly over time.
Although similar numbers of total splenic gp33 - LCMV — specific T
cells were observed between genotypes (Fig. 5B), the distribution of gp33 - LCMV — specific CD8 + T
cell effector and memory subsets were
altered, such that there was a
significantly lower percentage of short - term effector T
cells and reciprocal changes in memory precursor
cells among gp33 - specifc CD8 + T
cells in WT relative to DKO mice (Fig. 5C), with a trend in changes in absolute
cell numbers, consistent with temporal data from peripheral blood (Fig. 5A).
They determined that
altering the expression level of LIGHT (a specific type of molecule that binds to a receptor site of another
cell) and also lymphotoxin (LT) on T
cells significantly impacted the cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
iPSCs have
significantly altered the field ethically, as they have the utility of embryonic stem
cells but do not require harvesting
cells from a blastocyst.
For this compilation, I've emphasized publications in which whole - genome or exome sequencing was employed to multiple tumors or cancer
cell lines, with the goal of identifying
significantly altered genes or pathways in malignant
cells.
Polymorphisms in five of 15 genes (33 %) encoding molecules known to primarily influence pancreatic beta -
cell function - ABCC8 (sulphonylurea receptor), KCNJ11 (KIR6.2), SLC2A2 (GLUT2), HNF4A (HNF4alpha), and INS (insulin)-
significantly altered disease risk, and in three genes, the risk allele, haplotype, or both had a biologically consistent effect on a relevant physiological trait in the QT study.