Human myeloid colony formation in diffusion chambers in mice (CFU-DG) was enhanced following administration of a human T-cell-line-derived conditioned medium (Mo). The Mo cell line also elaborates activities stimulating human myeloid colony formation in vitro in agar (CSF) and potentiating erythroid colony formation in vitro in methylcellulose (EPA). Depletion of CSF from Mo conditioned medium ...

Several characteristics of oviductal cells, cultured under either polarizing or nonpolarizing conditions, were studied. In vitro produced bovine embryos tested the embryotrophic abilities of the respective conditioned media. Conditioned medium from the apical face of polarized cell monolayers supported higher rates of development to blastocyst and expanded blastocysts. In contrast, conditioned ...

Total inhibition of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) was observed in growing pig oocytes (internal diameter 80, 90 and 100 microns) when they were cultured in a medium conditioned by cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) of fully grown oocytes. In denuded growing oocytes, only partial inhibition was observed. The inhibitory effect was fully reversible. The addition of heparin (300 IU/ml) could overc...

A factor or factors released by cultured NG108-15 neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid cells and added to the medium of rat myotube primary cultures was found to immobilize some of the previously mobile acetylcholine receptors in the myotube membrane. Partial receptor immobilization occurred within 3 h after the beginning of treatment with the NG108-15-conditioned medium factor and persisted for at le...

Transferrin has been considered to be an essential requirement for hematopoietic cell proliferation in culture. We have isolated two cloned lymphoma cell lines, SL 12.1 and SL 12.4, which grow and adapt in serum-free medium without added transferrin. Antibody to the transferrin receptor blocks the growth of these cells. We have also demonstrated that transferrin-free conditioned medium from the...

background: amniotic membrane derived stem cells (amscs) have considerable advantages to use in regenerative medicine and their anti- inflammatory effects, growth factor secretion and differentiation potential make them suitable candidates for stem cell therapy of nervous system. the developing and neonatal brain contains a spectrum of growth factors to direct development of endogenous and dono...

The neural crest gives rise to numerous derivatives including adrenergic and cholinergic neurons, supportive cells of the nervous system, and melanocytes. In tissue culture, neural crest cells explanted from both cranial and trunk regions were found to differentiate into adrenergic neuroblasts or into pigmented cells when grown in medium containing 10% chick embryo extract. When the embryo extr...

Trophoblast stem cells (TSCs) are in vitro equivalents to the precursor cells of the placenta. TSCs are cultured in serum-rich medium with fibroblast growth factor 4, heparin, and embryonic-fibroblast-conditioned medium. Here, we developed a simple medium consisting of ten chemically defined ingredients for culture of TSCs on Matrigel or synthetic substrates, named TX medium. Gene expression an...

The effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulatory factors (GM-CSF), acidic isoferritins, and E-type prostaglandins on the detection of the cycle status of human granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells (CFU-GM) was investigated. Bone marrow cells were pulse-treated with control medium or high specific activity tritiated thymidine [3HTdr) and subsequently plated over feeder layers containin...

Phytoplankton mortality allows effective nutrient cycling, and thus plays a pivotal role in driving biogeochemical cycles. A growing body of literature demonstrates the involvement of regulated death programs in the abrupt collapse of phytoplankton populations, and particularly implicates processes that exhibit characteristics of metazoan programmed cell death. Here, we report that the cell-fre...