| Neurosphere Co-culture Assay
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2016-08-05
[Abstract] The hippocampal niche is one of two areas in the brain where stem cells reside. In this neurogenic niche, stem cells can be found in close proximity to astrocytes and in contact with microvessels consisting of pericytes and endothelial cells. To study the regulatory interplay of this complex niche network in a simplified in vitro model, we established a co-culture system. We investigate the formation of neurosphere under different co-culture conditions by using primary niche cells. Here, we describe the isolation procedure for primary niche cells culture of astrocytes, endothelial cells and pericytes/smooth muscle cells from mouse brain. These niche cells are co-cultured (by hanging inserts) with freshly isolated stem and precursor cells from the adult hippocampus to study the ...
[摘要] 真菌形态发生需要细胞壁的修饰和可塑性，这意味着其组分（包括壳多糖和葡聚糖）的合成和重塑。因此几丁质酶和葡聚糖酶活性对于细胞壁生物发生和细胞分裂是至关重要的。几丁质酶活性的定量可能有助于鉴定可能负面影响一些丝状真菌如产生细胞内和分泌型几丁质酶的尖孢镰刀菌的生长和形态发生的结构缺陷。基于它们对壳多糖底物的酶作用将壳聚糖分解酶分类。内酯酶被定义为催化几丁质链中内部点的随机裂解的酶。外切球蛋白酶催化乙酰壳寡糖或N-乙酰葡糖胺从几丁质的非还原端逐步释放，因此分别称为壳聚糖酶和β-N-乙酰氨基葡糖苷酶。在这里，我们描述了一种简单的方法来轻易地纯化几丁质酶，以便比较不同的F的内切几丁质酶活性和外切几丁质酶活性。尖孢镰孢菌株。该方案可适用于任何真菌物种。...
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| In vitro Inflammasome Assay
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2014-06-05
[Abstract] Innate immune cells sense pathogen and danger-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs and DAMPs) through a range of innate immune pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). One type of PRRs are the Nod-like receptors (NLRs), which form inflammasomes; a molecular platform required for the recruitment and activation of Caspase-1, which in turn cleaves and activates IL-1β, IL-18. Examples of inflammasome forming NLRs are NLRP3, NLRP1, NAIP and NLRC4. We can easily identify new inflammasome activators by performing the following protocol.
[摘要] 先天免疫细胞通过一系列先天免疫模式识别受体（PRR）感知病原体和危险相关分子模式（PAMP和DAMP）。 一种类型的PRR是Nod样受体（NLR），其形成炎症体; 募集和激活Caspase-1所需的分子平台，其反过来切割和激活IL-1β，IL-18。 形成NLR的炎性体的实例是NLRP3，NLRP1，NAIP和NLRC4。 我们可以通过执行以下协议轻松识别新的inflammasome激活剂。
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