The organizer is a unique region in the gastrulating embryo that induces and patterns the body axis. It arises before gastrulation under the influence of the Nieuwkoop center. We show that during gastrulation, cell movements bring cells into and out of the chick organizer, Hensen's node. During these movements, cells acquire and lose organizer properties according to their position. A "node ind...

conclusions our data suggest that preconditioning with 5 μm h2o2 + 0.5% fbs and 10 μm h2o2 + 5% fbs improved cell proliferation and viability. however, the mechanisms related to protective properties of preconditioning and using this strategy in stem cell therapy requires more research. background mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) survival decreased following in vivo injection and its application h...

sirtuin1 (sirt1) is an enzyme that deacetylates histones and several nonhistone proteins including p53 during stress and plays an important role in the survival of tumor cells. hereby, this study describes the potency of salermide as a sirt1 inhibitor to induce apoptosis in the mcf-7 and mrc-5 cell lines. mcf7 and mrc-5 cell lines were cultured in rpmi-1640 and treated with or without salermide...

objective: the purpose of this study was to observe the effects of methoxyamine (mx) on the cytotoxic effects and dna damage caused by 5-fluorouoracil (5-fu), in combination with gamma-rays in human colon cancer cell line. materials and methods: in this experimental study, ht29 cells were cultured as a monolayer and treated with different concentrations of 5-fu along with 1 mm mx for 24 h. afte...

Background: Mammalian cell division is regulated by a complex includes cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) and cyclins, Cdk/cyclin complex. The activity of the complex is regulated by Cdk inhibitors (CKIs) compressing CDK4 (INK4) and CDK-interacting protein/kinase inhibitory protein (CIP/KIP) family. Hypermethylation of CKIs has been reported in various cancers. DNA methyltransferase inhibitors (DN...