Expression of four
stem cell marker genes normalized to cyclophilin in nine single cell equivalents prepared from a pool of nine lysed HES3 cells.
Not exact matches
They found that ONC201 alters the
gene expression of cancer
stem cell markers and signaling pathways prior to killing the tumor
cells, providing pharmacodynamic biomarkers of response.
A section of a head and neck tumor — red and green
markers show the proliferation of cancer
stem cells — that formed when one of several newly characterized
genes, Myh9, was suppressed.
The scientists had strategically inserted these foreign DNA «
markers» at particular points along the genome, next to
genes expressed only in embryonic
stem cells.
With this reporter we split ES
cell cultures into two fractions that both express certain
stem cell markers but only one of which expresses low levels of an endodermal
marker gene.
The expression of the tumoral multidrug resistance
gene (MDR1), which encodes P - glycoprotein, and NANOG, a
stem -
cell marker and a regulator of the expression of drug resistance
genes, was determined using qRT - PCR.
Of note, mouse neural
stem cells (NSCs) were reprogrammed using only one (Oct4) or two factors (Oct4 and Klf4), due to the endogenously high expression of pluripotent
genes, such as Sox2 and c - Myc, as well as several intermediate reprogramming
markers [14], [17], [18].
Support to date for the existence of an hypoxic niche in marrow blood
stem cells came from indirect evidence such as expression of the hypoxia protein Hif - 1 and related
genes and staining with surrogate
markers of hypoxia.
(A) Expression of 5
stem marker genes in single
cells isolated from the edge (E), mid (M) or adjacent center (C) region of HES2 colonies.
Sophisticated
cell targeting systems such as the
gene therapy approach developed for senescent
cell clearance by Oisin Biotechnologies could also be turned to
stem cell or immune
cell destruction, given suitable
markers of
cell chemistry.
Finally, within the fractionated
cell populations, there was evidence for coexpression of lineage specific
markers alongside of pluripotency
genes, similar to lineage priming described first in hematopoietic
stem cells [15].
Cells along the continuum show a progressively decreasing likelihood of self renewal as their expression of
stem cell surface
markers and pluripotency
genes wanes.
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.