Previous molecular genetic studies of the goat hair life cycle have focused primarily on a limited number of genes and proteins. To identify additional genes that may play important roles in hair follicle cycle regulation, Illumina sequencing technology was used to catalog differential gene expression profiles in the hair growth cycle (anagen to catagen) of goat, comparing the primary hair foll...

Mammalian hair follicles cycle between stages of rapid growth (anagen) and metabolic quiescence (telogen) throughout life. Transition from anagen to telogen involves an intermediate stage, catagen, consisting of a swift, apoptosis-driven involution of the lower half of the follicle. How catagen is coordinated, and spares the progenitor cells needed for anagen re-entry, is poorly understood. Ker...

Background: Chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA) is a common side effect of cancer treatment with profound psychosocial repercussions. Several young (before day 14) and adult (after 3 weeks) murine models for CIA have been developed, yet no study thus far has compared these models. Young models are naturally synchronized in anagen while adult models require synchronization into anagen. Here, we ...

Wool is an important material in textile manufacturing. In order to investigate the intrinsic factors that regulate wool follicle cycling and wool fiber properties, Illumina sequencing was performed on wool follicle bulb samples from the middle anagen, catagen and late telogen/early anagen phases. In total, 13,898 genes were identified. KRTs and KRTAPs are the most highly expressed gene familie...

OBJECTIVES Although many researchers have confirmed induction of germ cells from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs), there are no reports that confirm spontaneous differentiation of germ cells from BMMSCs. In this study, we have evaluated the effect of adult Sertoli cell condition medium (SCCM) as a mutative factor in the induction of germ cells from BMMSCs. MATERIALS AND METHODS BMM...

AIM To compare p16INK4a immunocytochemistry with the HPV polymerase chain reaction in predicting high grade cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS This diagnostic case-control study was conducted from January 2010 until December 2010. We obtained 30 samples, classified according to the degree of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN): 11 samples for CIN 1, 9 sample...

We compared the changes in the ratio of type-I and type-II collagen in monolayer cultures of human articular chondrocytes (HAC). HAC were isolated from samples of cartilage from normal joints and cultivated in monolayer for up to 46 days. Expression of collagen type-I and type-II was determined by immunocytochemistry, Western blotting, and the nested reverse transcription polymerase chain react...

Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in many populations. While the Pap smear is a well established screening test it suffers from both false-positive and false-negative results in diagnosis of cancers and precancerous states. In this study, immunocytochemistry of the P16 biomarker and HPV-PCR were compared for their diagnostic potential. Materials and method...

To evaluate the possible role of a putative vesicle-targeting protein, syntaxin-4, in vasopressin-regulated trafficking of aquaporin-2 water channel vesicles to the apical plasma membrane of renal collecting duct cells, we have carried out immunoblotting, immunocytochemistry, and reverse transcription (RT)-PCR experiments in rat kidney. Immunochemical studies used an affinity-purified, peptide-...

introduction: type i diabetes mellitus is caused by autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing β-cells. a new potential method for curing the disease is transplantation of differentiated insulin- secreting cells from human embryonic stem cells. methods: human embryonic stem cell lines (royan h1) were used to produce embryoid bodies. differentiation carried out by growth factor-mediated sel...