Retinoic Acid and Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Synergize to Efficiently Direct Epithelial Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
- C. Metallo, L. Ji, J. D. de Pablo, S. Palecek
- Biology, MedicineStem Cells
- 1 February 2008
It is suggested that RA plays an important role in epithelial differentiation of hESCs, which efficiently differentiated to keratin 14‐expressing epithelial cells, although this effect was dependent upon on the context of bone morphogenetic protein signaling.
Cryopreservation of adherent human embryonic stem cells
- L. Ji, J. D. de Pablo, S. Palecek
- Biology, EngineeringBiotechnology and Bioengineering
- 5 November 2004
This method increases cell viability by over an order of magnitude compared with cryopreservation in suspension and reduces differentiation, and has the potential to reduce the time required to amplify frozen stocks of HES cells, minimize risk of clonal selection during freeze–thaw cycles, and facilitate storage of Hes cell clone libraries.
The microwell control of embryoid body size in order to regulate cardiac differentiation of human embryonic stem cells.
- J. C. Mohr, Jianhua Zhang, T. Kamp
- BiologyBiomaterials
- 1 March 2010
Inhibition of human embryonic stem cell differentiation by mechanical strain
- S. Saha, L. Ji, J. D. de Pablo, S. Palecek
- BiologyJournal of Cellular Physiology
- 1 January 2006
While mechanical forces play a role in regulating hESC self‐renewal and differentiation, they must act synergistically with chemical signals, towards controlling differentiation of hESCs for therapeutic applications.
TGFbeta/Activin/Nodal pathway in inhibition of human embryonic stem cell differentiation by mechanical strain.
- S. Saha, L. Ji, J. D. de Pablo, S. Palecek
- BiologyBiophysical Journal
- 15 May 2008
Findings show that TGFbeta superfamily activation of Smad2/3 is required for repression of spontaneous differentiation under strain and suggest that strain may induce autocrine or paracrine signaling through TGF beta superfamily ligands.
Fast computation of many-particle hydrodynamic and electrostatic interactions in a confined geometry.
- J. Hernandez-Ortiz, J. D. de Pablo, M. Graham
- PhysicsPhysical Review Letters
- 6 April 2007
An O(N) method is presented for calculation of hydrodynamic or electrostatic interactions between N point particles in a confined geometry. This approach splits point forces or sources into a local…
Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy reveals the complex behavior of an amyloid fibril inhibitor
- C. Middleton, P. Marek, M. Zanni
- Biology, ChemistryNature Chemistry
- 11 March 2012
This work uses isotope labeling and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to obtain a residue-specific structure for the complex of human amylin, the peptide responsible for islet amyloid formation in type 2 diabetes, with a known inhibitor, rat amyl in.
3-D microwell culture of human embryonic stem cells.
- J. C. Mohr, J. D. de Pablo, S. Palecek
- BiologyBiomaterials
- 1 December 2006
A coarse grain model for DNA.
- T. Knotts, N. Rathore, D. Schwartz, J. D. de Pablo
- Biology, PhysicsJournal of Chemical Physics
- 23 February 2007
A mesoscale model of DNA is presented that reduces the complexity of a nucleotide to three interactions sites, one each for the phosphate, sugar, and base, thereby rendering the investigation of DNA up to a few microns in length computationally tractable.
A single-molecule barcoding system using nanoslits for DNA analysis
- K. Jo, Dalia M. Dhingra, D. Schwartz
- BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 20 February 2007
It is demonstrated that disposable devices featuring both micro- and nanoscale features can greatly elongate DNA molecules when buffer conditions are controlled to alter DNA stiffness, and a complementary enzymatic labeling scheme is developed that tags specific sequences on elongated molecules within described nanoslit devices that are imaged via fluorescence resonance energy transfer.
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