To Matrigel or Not to Matrigel

From MEFs to Matrigel 3: Passaging hESCs from Matrigel onto Matrigel

This video demonstrates how to maintain the growth of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in feeder cell-free conditions and how to continuously passage hESCs in feeder cell-free conditions. Confirmation of hESC pluripotency grown in feeder cell-free conditions by immunofluorescence microscopy is also demonstrated.

The influence of Matrigel or growth factor reduced Matrigel on human intervertebral disc cell growth and proliferation.

Matrigel (reconstituted basement membrane extract) is a potent inducer of cell growth and differentiation in vitro. This study examined phenotypic variation and proliferative responses of human annular intervertebral disc cells in vitro in Matrigel and Growth Factor Reduced Matrigel (GFR-Matrigel). Cells from age- and gender-matched control subjects and patients with degenerative disc disease w...

Matrigel coatings for Parylene sheath neural probes.

The biologically derived hydrogel Matrigel (MG) was used to coat a Parylene-based sheath intracortical electrode to act as a mechanical and biological buffer as well as a matrix for delivering bioactive molecules to modulate the cellular response and improve recording quality. MG was loaded with dexamethasone to reduce the immune response together with nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derive...

The deficits of matrigel plug assay

| October 2014 | 1018 cells in the matrigel plug (local administration) is not suitable for statically. If the leptin levels were measured before and after matrigel administration, it should have been more meaningful. Because 10-day application of matrigel plug with leptin can’t affect the systemic leptin results. In addition, as shown in recent studies, high fat diet-induced obesity causes inc...

Folic Acid Supplementation: to Advise or not to Advise?