简介:Inordertounderstandthedevelopmentofstemcellsintospecializedmaturecellsitisnecessarytostudythegrowthofcellsinculture.Forthispurposeitisveryusefultohaveanefficientcomputerizedcelltrackingsystem.Inthispaperaprototypesystemfortrackingneuralstemcellsinasequenceofimagesisdescribed.Inordertogetreliabletrackingresultsitisimportanttohavegoodandrobustsegmentationofthecells.Toachievethiswehaveimplementedthreelevelsofsegmentation.Theprimarylevel,appliedtoallframes,isbasedonfuzzythresholdandwatershedsegmentationofafuzzygrayweighteddistancetransformedimage.Thesecondlevel,appliedtodifficultframeswherethefirstalgorithmseemstohavefailed,isbasedonafastgeometricactivecontourmodelbasedonthelevelsetalgorithm.Finally,theautomaticsegmentationresultonthecrucialfirstframecanbeinteractivelyinspectedandcorrected.Visualinspectionandcorrectioncanalsobeappliedtootherframesbutthisisgenerallynotneeded.Forthetrackingallcellsareclassifiedintoinactive,active,dividingandclusteredcells.Differentalgorithmsareusedtodealwiththedifferentcellcategories.Aspecialbacktrackingstepisusedtoautomaticallycorrectforsomecommonerrorsthatappearintheinitialforwardtrackingprocess.
简介:Theconceptsofstemcellsbeingresistanttotherapy,stem-likecellsexistinginbraintumors,andthesetumorsinitiallyrespondingto
简介:Mammaliancelltotipotencyisasubjectthathasfascinatedscientistsforgenerations.AlonglastingquestionwhethersomeofthesomaticcellsretainstotipotencywasansweredbythecloningofDollyattheendofthe20thcentury.Thedawnofthe218thasbroughtforwardgreatexpectationsinharnessingthepoweroftotipotentcyinmedicine.Throughstemcellbiology,itispossibletogenerateanypartsofthehumanbodybystemcellengineering.Considerableresourceswillbedevotedtoharnesstheuntappedpotentialsofstemcellsintheforeseeablefuturewhichmaytransformmedicineasweknowtoday.Atthemolecularlevel,totipotencyhasbeenlinkedtoasingulartranscriptionfactoranditsexpressionappearstodefinewhetheracellshouldbetotipotent.NamedOct4,itcanactivateorrepresstheexpressionofvariousgenes.Curiously,verylittleisknownaboutOct4beyonditsabilitytoregulategeneexpression.ThemechanismbywhichOct4specifiestotipotencyremainsentirelyunresolved.Inthisreview,wesummarizerethestructureandfunctionofOct4andaddresstoOct4functioninmaintainingtotipotencyorpluripotencyofembryonicstemcels.
简介:Objective:Toexplorethecultureconditionsofhumanneuralstemcellsandtoinvestigatetheultrastructureofneurospheres.Methods:Thecellsfromtheembryonichumancorticesweremechanicallydissociated.N2mediumwasadaptedtocultureandexpandthecells.ThecellswereidentifiedbyimmunocytochemistryandEMwasappliedtoexaminetheultrastructureofneurospheres.Results:Theneuralstemcellsfromhumanembryonicbrainsweresuccessfullyculturedandformedtypicalneurospheresinsuspension,andmostofthecellsexpressedvimentin,whichwasamarkerforneuralprogenitorcells,andthecellscoulddifferentiateintoneurons,astrocytesandoligodendrocytes.Invitromyelinformationinneurosphereswereobservedatanearlystageofculture.Conclusions:Humanneuralstemcellscanbeculturedfromembryonicbrains,canformthetypicalneurospheresinsuspensioninvitroandhavetheabilityofmyelinating,andmaybepotentialsourcefortransplantationintreatingmyelindisorders.
简介:Mammaliantoothdevelopmentislargelydependentonsequentialandreciprocalepithelial-mesenchymalinteractions.Theseprocessesinvolveaseriesofinductiveandpermissiveinteractionsthatresultinthedetermination,differentiation,andorganizationofodontogenictissues.Multiplesignalingmolecules,includingBMPs,FGFs,Shh,andWntproteins,havebeenimplicatedinmediatingthesetissueinteractions.Transcriptionfactorsparticipateinepithelial-mesenchymalinteractionsvialinkingthesignalingloopsbetweentissuelayersbyrespondingtoinductivesignalsandregulatingtheexpressionofothersignalingmolecules.Adultstemcellsarehighlyplasticandmultipotent.Thesecellsincludingdentalpulpstemcellsandbonemarrowstromalcellscouldbereprogrammedintoodontogenicfateandparticipatedintoothformation.Recentprogressinthestudiesofmolecularbasisoftoothdevelopment,adultstemcellbiology,andregenerationwillprovidefundamentalknowledgefortherealizationofhumantoothregenerationinthenearfuture.
简介:骨头髓(BM)的细胞的基础织物开发和新生通过造血的干细胞(HSC)和间充质的干细胞(MSC)被调停。在造血的房间和BMstromal房间(BMSC)之间的本地相互影响在myelosuppression以后决定造血作用的体质。这里,我们在侮辱以后控制BM新生考察BM本地信号。造血的生长因素(HGF)和BMSC生产的cytokines是在BM造血作用的规定的主要因素。对在多重种类的早胚胎开发批评的Morphogens被加到HSC管理者的家庭,包括Wnt蛋白质,槽口ligands,BMP,和刺猬的家庭。HSC和BMSC的全球基因表示分析开始为两种房间类型揭示了基因的签名组。更重要地,生物化学、生物的结合的全球基因表示的分析在BM期间本地信号学习新生强烈建议了HGF和cytokines不能是为BM恢复的主要本地管理者,chemokines(SDF-1,FGF-4)并且angiogenic生长因素(VEGF--一,Ang-1)在myelosuppression以后在BM宪法起有启发性的作用。BM毒性的管理的一个新方向从BM再生管理者的鉴定正在出现。
简介:BACKGROUND:Transplantedmononuclearcell(MNC)ofumbilicalbloodcansurviveincentralnervoussystem(CNS)ofhostthroughbloodbrainbarrier,differentiateintonervercells,migratetodamagedsiteandintegratemorphologicalstrucghandfunctionwithnervecellsofhostsoastoimprovedeficienciesofsensatoryfunction,motorfunctionandcognitivefunctionandinfluenceonstrokesequela.OBJECTIVE:Toobservetheveintransplantationofhumanumbilicalcordbloodstemcells(HUCBSC)forimprovingneurologicalfunction,limbfuntionandactivityofdailylivingofpatientswithstrokeandevaluatethereliability.DESIGN:Self-controlledstudy.SETTING:DepartmentofNeurosurgery,theSecondPeople'sHospitalofZhengzhouCity;Red-crossedBloodCenterofHenanProvince;DepartmentofNeurosurgery,theFistAffiliatedHospitalofZhenzhouUniversity.PARTICIPANTS:Atotalof10patientswithstokesequelawereselectedfromDepartmentofCerebralSurgery,theSecondPeople'sHospitalofZhengzhouCityfromApriltoDecember2005.Therewere9malesand1femaleagedfrom35to75yearswiththemeanageof56years.AllofthemwerediagnosedwithCTandMRIexaminationandcoincidencewithdiagnosticcriteriaofstrokeestablishedbytheFourthNationalAcademicMeetingforCerebrovascularDisease.Allpatientsprovidedinformedconsent.METHODS:80-140mLumbilicalbloodoftermbirthofnewbornwasselectedhermeticallyandmaintainedinsterileplasticbag.Andthen,thebloodwascentrifugatedatthespeedof1500r/minfor30minutesat22℃inordertoseparateMNC,i.e.,HUCBSC.Inaddition,afterfinaldiagnosisduringhospitalization,strokepatientswereperfusedwithHUCBSCthroughsuperficialveinofbackofthehand.Eachpatientwasaveragelypenfusedwith6portionsofHUCBSC(cellularnumbers≥1×108/portion)andtheintervalbetweeneachportionwas1-7dayswiththemeanintervalof4days.MAINOUTCOMEMEASURES:①Neurologicalfunctionofstrokepatientswasevaluatedwithneurologicalfunctiondeficiency(NFD)befor
简介:Thehedgehog-patched(hh-ptc)intercellularsignalingpathwayhasrecentlybeenshowntocontroltheproliferationofepithelialstemcellsinbothDrosophilaandVertebrated.MutantandectopicexpressionanalysesinDrosophilasuggestthattheHHproteindiffusesfromthesignalingcellstopromotetheproliferationofnearbyovariansomaticstemcellsbyantagonizingthesuppressionofitsreceptorPTCtowardstheCItranscriptionfactorinthestemcells.Consequently,thetranscriptionofCIdependentgenesleadstostemcellproliferation.Thisregulatorypathwayappearstofunctionalsoinvertebrates,wheredefectsinptccausebasalcellcarcinoma,tumorsofepidermalstemcellorigin.BasalcellcarcinomacanalsobeinducedbyectopicexpressionofSonichedgehog(shh)orGlil,thevertebratehomologofci.Thesestudiessuggesttheconservationofthehhsignalingpathwayincontrollingepithelialstemcelldivisionsamongdifferentorganisma.
简介:客观:为了探索可行性构造遗传工程人,神经干细胞(hNSCs)由lentivirus调停了多表示基因以便为针的绳索损害(SCI)的进一步的研究提供接枝来源。方法:从人的流产胎的大脑外皮的人的神经干细胞被孤立并且有教养,然后,基因被lentivirus修改两个都表示绿荧光蛋白质(GFP)和老鼠neurotrophin-3(NT-3);转基因的表示被荧光显微镜,胎儿的老鼠的背面的根中心和槽污点的方法检测。结果:遗传工程hNSCs成功地被构造。所有在荧光显微镜下面表示了明亮绿的荧光的遗传工程hNSCs被观察。转基因的hNSCs的调节媒介能导致从背面的根中心(DRG)挥舞长出的神经突。遗传工程hNSCs表示了高级NT-3which能被使用槽污点检测。结论:遗传工程hNSCs调停了bylentivirus能被构造多成功地表示基因。
简介:客观:为了由adipose-derivedstromal房间(ASC)在vitro导致adipocyte区别,与绿荧光灯的蛋白质(GFP)从转基因的老鼠收获了并且估计经由ASC的附件构造脂肪质的纸巾打字的可能性我骨胶原scaffolds.Methods:从GFP转基因的老鼠的腹股沟的胖垫被酶为ASC(主要文化)的隔离消化。在到ASC的三个段落的扩大以后,房间被ASC在vitro在为二个星期,和adipocyte区别中等的anadipogenic孵化被词法观察和油红估计染色的O。然后,他们被纳入为12个小时andco有教养的骨胶原脚手架,为2months由皮下注射的培植列在后面到裸体老鼠的背面的皮肤。最新形成的纸巾被检测由他染色。结果:有教养的主要干细胞是像成纤维细胞、显示出的活跃增长。在在anadipocyte区别媒介被孵化以后,在逐渐地并且最后积累的细胞质的类脂化合物微滴发展成成熟adipocytes,它出现了在染色的油红O积极。0。5厘米的~3new组织块在裸体老鼠的背面的皮下面被发现,它被荧光灯的观察作为成熟脂肪质的纸巾证实并且他染色。结论:ASC能成功地区分脂肪质的纸巾进成熟adipocytes,它作为intracytoplasmic类脂化合物微滴展出象adipocyte一样形态学和快车。它是与ASC和类型设计的脂肪质的纸巾的一个有效模特儿我骨胶原脚手架。
简介:骨头导出髓的间充质的干细胞(MSC)是为房间移植在临床的应用程序显示出一个重要潜力的pluripotent干细胞。在现在的论文,proteomic技术被用来接近与猪的骨头髓MSC联系的蛋白质侧面并且在5-azacytidine(5-aza)的效果上调查MSC蛋白质的规定。超过1,700蛋白质种类根据胶化分析与MSC被分开。与控制MSC介绍的表达式相比,有起来调整的11个蛋白质点并且26在5-aza-treated房间的蛋白质模式下面调整。21蛋白质的一个总数被MALDI-TOF-MS分析成功地识别,在哪个之中一些有趣的蛋白质,例如高山哈B-crystallin,在A2的附属建筑,和stathmin1,被报导了通过不同发信号的小径在房间增长和区别包含。我们的数据应该为MSC区别和apoptosis的未来学习是有用的。
简介:ObjectToinvestigatetheclinicalsignificanceofallogeneichematopoieticstemcelltransplantation(allo-HSCT)followingfludarabine(Flu)-basednomnyeloablativeconditioningregimen.Methods7patientswitholderageororgandysfunctionreceivedeitheroftwoFlu-basednonmyeloablativeconditioningprotocolsfollowedbyinfusionofgranulocytecolony-stimulatingfactor(G-CSF)mobilizedallogeneicperipheralblooclstemcells(PBSC).Cy-elosporincombiningmethotrexatewasusedasgraftvshostdisease(GVHD)prophylaxis.ResultsMinimalalloHSCTassociatedtoxicitywasfoundapartfrommucositis.Theallogeneicdonorengraftmentswereverifiedinallthepatients.Sixofseveneasessurvivedmorethan5months.AcuteGVHDoccurredinthreeofsevenpatientsincludingacaseofgrade1IGVHD.ConclusionTherapidengrafunentofallo-PBSCandgraftvsleukemia(GVL)effectscanbeobtainedbyFlu-basednomnyeloablativeconditioningregimen.Thismanagementissuitableforthepatientswhoaretoooldorhaveorgandysfunction.
简介:Objective:Toinvestigatethedifferentiativecapabilityofadulthumanbonemarrowmesenchymalstemcells(BMSCs)intoSchwann-likecells.Methods:BonemarrowswereaspiratedfromhealthydonorsandmononuclearcellswereseparatedbyPercolllymphocytesseparationliquid(1.073g/ml)withcentrifugation,cellswereculturedinDMEM/F12(1:1)mediumcontaining10%fetalbovineserum(FBS),20ng/mlepidermalgrowthfactor(EGF)and20ng/mlbasicfibroblastgrowthfactor(bFGF).Cellsofpassage1wereidentifiedwithimmunocytochemistry.Conclusions:BonemarrowcontainsthestemcellswiththeabilityofdifferentiatingintoSchwann-likecells,whichmayrepresentanalternativestemcellsourcesforneuraltransplantation.