br Introduction Thyroid hormone TH is a critical regulator o

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Introduction Thyroid hormone (TH) is a critical regulator of many physiological and developmental processes, following its activation from the stable prohormone (l-thyroxine, T4) to the short-lived active hormone, triiodothyronine (3,5,3′-triiodo-l-thyronine, T3) (Fig. 1). T3 induces amphibian me

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Methods and materials Results Discussion In vitro differentiation of ESCs closely mimics early embryonic development and can produce large quantity of hematopoietic cells. However, segregation of the EryPs from surrounding purchase INNO-406 differentiated from mESCs has not been reported. H

br Acknowledgments This work was funded by

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Acknowledgments This work was funded by operating grants to C.M.M. from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (CIHR-NCE - 72041182) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (H&S - 72043144). A.C. is a recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship award. Introduction Neural st

Fortunately a new class of RNA guided nucleases has

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Fortunately, a new class of RNA-guided nucleases has been developed from microbial adaptive immune systems (i.e. clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat-CRISPR- and CRISPR associated Cas9-CRISPR/Cas9-systems) (Cong et al., 2013; Mali et al., 2013a). This system provides a very simpl

In addition to supplying a source of growth factors

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In addition to supplying a source of growth factors and signaling molecules, blood vessels also provide a physical framework that can support the migration of neural progenitors during development and in the adult aa utp (Whitman et al., 2009). In the embryonic and adult rodent SVZ, newly born prog

br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion The

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Materials and methods Results Discussion The effect of donor MSCs in tumor growth remains controversial (Cho et al., 2009). Discrepancies concerned to whether they promote or suppress it may be due to disparities in cell source, isolation and expansion conditions, via and timing of administ

We initially tested this system s capacity to induce epigene

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We initially tested this system’s capacity to induce epigenetic reprogramming toward the SkM lineage in C3H10T1/2 kanamycin previously shown to readily undergo this transformation (Davis et al., 1987). We designed three separate gRNAs (1–3) targeted to different positions proximal to the Myod1 trans

Cell cycle adaptations in human ESCs

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Cell-cycle adaptations in human ESCs (hESCs) are less defined. In contrast to mESCs, hESCs exhibit significant fluctuation of cyclin expression in a cell-cycle-dependent manner (Neganova et al., 2009), indicating differences in the regulation of key cell-cycle proteins between the two cell types. Si

Human embryonic stem cells hESCs the in vitro representation

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Human embryonic stem ion channels (hESCs), the in vitro representation of the human epiblast (Thomson et al., 1998), enable unique access to the spontaneous emergence of the three embryonic germ layers in culture (Itskovitz-Eldor et al., 2000), providing an opportunity to model and manipulate the ea

br Results The levels of TGF

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Results The levels of TGFβ and downstream signaling mediators (activated SMAD2/3) increase in muscle of dystrophic mdx mice with age, correlating to reduced regeneration, angiogenesis and function, and higher fibrosis extent (Ardite et al., 2012; Kharraz et al., 2014; Mann et al., 2011; Vidal et 

The present study showed that transplantation of iBAs and dB

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The present study showed that transplantation of iBAs and dBAs markedly reduced diet-induced obesity, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance in mice (Figures 2, 6, and 7). The dBAs controlled insulin resistance in an UCP1-dependent fashion, strongly suggesting the UCP1-mediated energy expenditure as t

We have explored the possibility of using the cardiac MSCs

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We have explored the possibility of using the cardiac MSCs of the human fetal heart for expansion of Manumycin A with characteristics similar to those of mesenchymal progenitors that contribute to mammalian cardiogenesis. In this study cardiac MSCs were reproducibly recovered from the adherent cell

Pitavastatin a hydroxy methyl glutaryl coenzyme A HmG

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Pitavastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A (HmG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, was cytotoxic only to undifferentiated NPCs, whereas another HmG-CoA reductase inhibitor, cilastatin, had no effect. Similarly, 5-FU was substantially more toxic to undifferentiated cultures and resulted in nearly

To evaluate the therapeutic function of iLCs in vivo

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To evaluate the therapeutic function of iLCs in vivo, we used two types of animal models, androgen deficiency and partial androgen deficiency syndrome, with complete loss of LCs in EDS-treated rat testis and partial loss of LCs in EDS-treated mice testis. Compared with other organs, testis is immuno

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