introduction: mechanical stimulation of human mesenchymal stem cells has demonstrated changes in many cell behaviours such as adhesion, migration, growth and differentiation through mechanotransductive pathways. these include experiments on effect of nanotopography 1, shear stress, stiffness of extracellular matrix 2, strain, stress and acoustic wave energy 3 on cells. in this research we were ...

PURPOSE To study the feasibility of engineering conjunctival epithelial cell sheets on a temperature-responsive culture dish for ocular surface reconstruction. METHODS Rabbit conjunctival epithelial cells (rCjECs) were cultured in DMEM/F-12 (1:1) medium. The morphology and phenotype of the rCjECs were confirmed with phalloidin staining, periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining, and immunocytochemi...

The effects of protein supplements and culture dish type on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo development in culture were examined in the domestic cat. In Experiment I, follicular oocytes were fertilized and cultured in either 1) modified Earle's balanced salt solution, designated MK-1, supplemented with one of the following: 10% human serum (HS), 10% FCS or 0.4% BSA, or 2) Medium 199 (M-...

To study the effects of surface materials of cells on the behavior of other neighboring cells in a crowded culture, confluent sheets of rat 3Y1 fibroblasts were fixed and then 3Y1 cells were seeded on to them. Among confluent sheets unfixed, fixed with formalin and fixed with ethanol and an empty plastic dish surface, the substrate activity to permit cell adhesion was compared. After confluent ...

S permatogenesis is a tightly regulated process of development for the generation of mature spermatozoa. Mammalian spermatogenesis occurs in the convoluted seminiferous tubules of the testes, where spermatogenic stem cells (SSCs) reside on sustentacular Sertoli cells of somatic origin, forming a germinal epithelial structure. Spermato genesis is accomplished in a complicated, timely controlled ...

Here, we introduce a new serum-free defined medium (SPM) that supports the cultivation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) on recombinant human vitronectin-N (rhVNT-N)-coated dishes after seeding with either cell clumps or single cells. With this system, there was no need for an intervening sequential adaptation process after moving hPSCs from feeder layer-dependent conditions. We also intr...