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Stemi DV4 Stereomicroscopes

Dissecting stereomicroscope

Company: ZEISS
Catalog#: Stemi DV4
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Vascular Permeability Assay in Human Coronary and Mouse Brachiocephalic Arteries
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2018-10-20
[Abstract]  Coronary artery disease remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Previous work, including ours, has focused on the role of intraplaque hemorrhage, particularly from immature microvessel angiogenesis, as an important contributor to plaque progression via increases in vascular permeability leading to further intraplaque hemorrhage, which increases red cell membrane-derived free cholesterol in plaque content and inflammatory cell recruitment. Evans Blue Dye (EBD) assay is widely used as a standard assay for vasculature permeability. However, the method has not been established in fresh human coronary artery autopsy samples to evaluate intraplaque microvessel permeability and angiogenesis. In this protocol, we describe a method to evaluate human coronary samples for ... [摘要]  冠状动脉疾病仍然是发病率和死亡率的重要原因。以前的研究,包括我们的研究,都集中在斑块内出血的作用,特别是来自未成熟的微血管血管生成,作为斑块进展的重要因素,通过增加血管通透性导致进一步的斑块内出血,增加斑块中红细胞膜来源的游离胆固醇内容和炎症细胞募集。 Evans Blue Dye(EBD)测定法广泛用作脉管系统渗透性的标准测定法。然而,该方法尚未在新鲜人冠状动脉尸检样本中建立,以评估斑块内微血管通透性和血管生成。在该方案中,我们描述了评估人类冠状动脉样本的微血管通透性的方法,包括灌注冠状动脉的程序,用于组织学分析和免疫染色的动脉样本的收集以及使用适当的方法来分析图像。还提供了在小鼠模型中使用FITC-葡聚糖以评估血管通透性的任选程序。这些Evans Blue Dye程序可用于在各种病理条件下提供人样品和动物模型中内皮完整性和渗透性的功能测量。

【背景】
血管内皮细胞主动调节血浆成分和循环细胞(包括白细胞)从血液到亚内皮组织的浸润。这种机制通常被认为是动脉粥样硬化起始和发展的关键步骤(Mundi et al。>,2018)。血管通透性的调节通过内皮细胞 - 细胞连接的协调打开和闭合来实现。在几种疾病状态下,内源性药物如组胺,凝血酶和血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)显着但可逆地以不同方式改变细胞 - ...

Hair Follicle Stem Cell Isolation and Expansion
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2018-05-20
[Abstract]  Stem cells are widely used for numerous clinical applications including limbal stem cell deficiency. Stem cell derived from the bulge region of the hair follicle have the ability to differentiate into a variety of cell types including interfollicular epidermis, hair follicle structures, sebaceous glands and corneal epithelial cells when provided the appropriate cues. Hair follicle stem cells are being studied as a valuable source of autologous stem cells to treat disease. The protocol described below details the isolation and expansion of these cells for eventual clinical application. We used a dual-reporter mouse model to visualize both isolation and eventual differentiation of these cells in a limbal stem cell-deficient mouse model. [摘要]  干细胞被广泛用于许多临床应用,包括角膜缘干细胞缺陷。 当提供适当的提示时,源自毛囊凸出区域的干细胞具有分化成多种细胞类型的能力,包括滤泡间表皮,毛囊结构,皮脂腺和角膜上皮细胞。 正在研究毛囊干细胞作为自体干细胞治疗疾病的宝贵来源。 下面描述的方案详细描述了这些细胞的最终临床应用的分离和扩增。 我们使用双报告小鼠模型来观察这些细胞在角膜缘干细胞缺陷小鼠模型中的分离和最终分化。

【背景】干细胞被广泛用于多种翻译和临床应用。一种这样的临床应用是用于治疗角膜缘干细胞缺陷(LSCD)。当角膜缘干细胞群存在功能障碍或丧失时,LSCD发生,这对于由于先天性或获得性病理而维持健康的眼表非常重要。 LSCD的主要治疗策略是从患者健康眼睛的角膜缘活检组织培养自体上皮细胞片(Pellegrini等人,1997; Shortt等人,2007) 。这种策略的局限性在于它只适用于患有单侧LSCD的患者。那些有双侧LSCD的患者必须依靠免疫相关活体供体或尸体组织的同种异体角膜缘活检。由于全身性免疫抑制治疗的需要和供体组织的有限可用性,治疗成功率降低。一些研究小组一直在研究使用培养的口腔粘膜细胞治疗LSCD并取得了一些成功。然而,这些细胞通常不能表达角膜上皮分化标记角蛋白12(Inatomi等,2006),并且经常导致外周血管新生的发展(Nakamura等人, ,2004; ...

Murine Hair Follicle Derived Stem Cell Transplantation onto the Cornea Using a Fibrin Carrier
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2018-05-20
[Abstract]  The goal of this protocol is to establish a procedure for cultivating stem cells on a fibrin carrier to allow for eventual transplantation to the eye. The ability to transfer stem cells to a patient is critical for treatment for a variety of disorders and wound repair. We took hair follicle stem cells from the vibrissae of transgenic mice expressing a dual reporter gene under the control of the Tet-on system and the keratin 12 promoter (Meyer-Blazejewska et al., 2011). A clonal growth assay was performed to enrich for stem cells. Once holoclones formed they were transferred onto a fibrin carrier and cultivated to obtain a confluent epithelial cell layer. Limbal stem cell deficient (LSCD) mice were used as the transplant recipient in order to test for successful grafting and ... [摘要]  该方案的目标是建立一种在纤维蛋白载体上培养干细胞以允许最终移植到眼睛的程序。 将干细胞转移给患者的能力对于治疗各种疾病和伤口修复至关重要。 我们在Tet-on系统和角蛋白12启动子(Meyer-Blazejewska等人,2011)的控制下从表达双报告基因的转基因小鼠的触须中取出毛囊干细胞。 进行克隆生长测定以富集干细胞。 一旦形成holoclones,将它们转移到纤维蛋白载体上并培养以获得融合上皮细胞层。 将角膜缘干细胞缺陷(LSCD)小鼠用作移植受体以测试移植成功和最终分化为角膜上皮表型。

【背景】干细胞被广泛用作治疗工具,因此递送手段是必不可少的。实际上,许多研究人员和公司正在寻找将细胞输送到人体内以优化细胞存活以及整合到宿主组织中的最佳方式。注射方法已广泛用于动物模型,但往往导致生存和整合差。目前正在使用利用生物材料和手术装置的技术。一种用于输送干细胞的技术是纤维蛋白载体。纤维蛋白凝胶是可降解的生物聚合物,其可粘附于允许细胞附着,迁移和增殖的天然组织(Ehrbar et al。,2005)。纤维蛋白凝胶具有许多优点,包括生物相容性,受控降解(Kjaergard等人,1994; Sidelmann等人,2000),均匀细胞分布和高细胞接种效率(Swartz ,2005)。已经将纤维蛋白凝胶用于治疗皮肤烧伤(Pellegrini等人,1999; ...

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