Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) generated by ectopic expression of four transcription factors have great promises for regenerative medicine in humans. Since the initial report of iPSCs by viral transfection, ample efforts have been made in the generation of iPSCs through nonviral approaches. Small molecules offer the advantages of low cost without genomic modification and have been used ...

introduction: to evaluate the camp -mediated ibmx (3-isobutyle -1-methyl xanthin) and db-camp (dibutyryl camp) effects on differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hescs) into nerve cells were the objectives of this study. methods: we have used royan h1 hesc- derived embryoid bodies with four treatment groups: six days treatment with ibmx (5×10 -4m) and db-camp (10 -9m) (referred to as cam...

Mouse models of ocular diseases provide a powerful resource for exploration of molecular regulation of eye development and pre-clinical studies. Availability of a live high-resolution imaging method for mouse embryonic eyes would significantly enhance longitudinal analyses and high-throughput morphological screening. We demonstrate that optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be used for live em...

In order to isolate genes regulating sex differentiation of embryonic gonads, we have attempted to obtain genes specifically expressed in male embryonic gonads by means of subtractive hybridization screening, and we have cloned a novel mouse gene, Tdl. It potentially encodes a protein showing sequence homology to anti-microbial protein, beta-defensins. Tdl reveals structural features such as th...

Reishi mushroom Ganoderma lucidum is commonly used in conventional medicine due to its high medicinal properties. Phytochemical screening of G. extract found be flavonoids, glycosides, terpenoids, phenols, Carbohydrates. The current study was applied demonstrate the In vitro cytotoxicity ethanolic against two human cell lines breast cancer line MCF-7 and embryonic liver WRL-68. measured inhibit...

We sought to identify and characterize the expression pattern of genes expressed by smooth muscle cells (SMCs) during periods of self-driven replication during vascular development and after vascular injury. Primary screening of a rat embryonic aortic SMC-specific cDNA library was accomplished with an autonomous embryonic SMC-enriched, nonautonomous adult SMC-subtracted cDNA probe. Positive clo...

The maternal contribution to the oocyte cytoplasm plays an important role during embryogenesis because it is involved in early cell fate specification and embryonic axis establishment. However, screening projects targeting maternal factors have only been conducted in a limited number of animal models, such as nematodes, fruit flies, and zebrafish, while few maternal genes have been analysed bec...