The findings demonstrate that gold nanoparticles that are modified in different ways have varying effects
on stem cell proliferation and differentiation.
They then used human stem cells derived from bone marrow that would normally become bone cells to test the effects of the nanoparticles
on stem cell proliferation and differentiation.
Data analysis using Baysian self - learning algorithm to narrow target genes suspected to be involved in
stem cell proliferation in the stem cell niche of the gonad arm.
Titled, «Aromatic - turmerone induces
neural stem cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo,» German researchers evaluated the effects of this turmeric - derived compound on neural stem cells (NSCs)-- the subgroup of brain cells capable of continuous self - renewal required for brain repair.
In initial work with cell cultures in Petri dishes, the researchers methodically ruled out the possibility that HIV / gp120 would be inducing the death of stem cells and determined instead that HIV / gp120 was acting by
inhibiting stem cell proliferation.
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden recently discovered a new mechanism governing
brain stem cell proliferation.
The nanoparticles with the negative biomolecules on their surface
promoted stem cell proliferation but suppressed «matrix mineralization»: the process that leads to the deposition of minerals into the bone's scaffolding, which makes bones strong.
Lipton and colleagues now report that the p38 MAPK pathway is also the mechanism underlying
decreased stem cell proliferation in the brain associated with HIV / AIDS.
The new knowledge and target candidate genes resulted from such unbiased study are ultimately important for researchers to understand the fundamental nature
of stem cell proliferation and differentiation.»
We want to understand how
neural stem cell proliferation is tightly controlled, both spatially and temporally, to allow for the efficient formation of the highly organized neocortex.
Scientists study the germline of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans to identify the mechanisms that
control stem cell proliferation and homeostasis, as well as to advance our molecular understanding of homologous signaling pathways humans.
As an example, he cited his previous research on baked purple potatoes that have compounds that help suppress chronic intestinal inflammation elevated from a high - calorie diet and
stem cell proliferation, which are linked to both colitis and colon cancer.
«We're looking at the genes and gene networks involved in
stem cell proliferation, meristem development and flowering and branching,» said Van Eck, «with the end goal being that maybe genes that we identify in tomato, which is strictly being used as a model, might help us understand what can be done to increase yield in other crops.»
Drs. Stuart Lipton, Marcus Kaul, Shu - ichi Okamoto and their colleagues uncovered a novel molecular mechanism that inhibits
stem cell proliferation and that could possibly be triggered in other neurodegenerative diseases as well.
The vasculature can influence neural
stem cell proliferation and differentiation by providing a local source of signaling molecules secreted from endothelial cells (1) as well as by delivering systemic regulatory factors (2).
This effect was also observed in a live animal model, showing that rats injected with ar - tumerone into their brains experienced increases in neural
stem cell proliferation and the creation of newly formed healthy brain cells.