490 results about "In vitro incubation" patented technology

The invention discloses a skin model and application. The method comprises separately culturing epidermal cells and dermal cells derived from fetus scalp, newborn prepuce or adult scalp, and subculturing, wherein the used culture medium and culture method can maintain multiple functions of skin cells; separately digesting the cultured and proliferated multifunctional epidermal cells and dermal cells into single cells, and mixing to obtain suspension; transferring onto a semipermeable polymer or silica gel membrane substrate for incubation; transplanting cells on adhesive film to a receptor. The method can regenerate human intact functional skin and hair, the regenerated skin contains an epidermal layer, a dermal layer and a subcutaneous tissue as well as skin appendant organs. The skin model regenerated by the method disclosed by the invention can be used for study of human skin diseases, screening of skin drugs, and development of cell products for treating wound and other skin diseases.

The invention aims at providing a novel full-thickness biological cornea used for transplantation. The full-thickness biological cornea takes an animal cornea acellular matrix as a carrier, and the acellular matrix comprises animal cornea matrix cells, epithelial cells and endothelial cells which are cultured and augmented in vitro. The cornea is characterized in that the xenogenic corneal acellular matrix prepared by a biochemical method can be used as a good carrier for in vitro constructing the biological cornea in the aspects of shape, structure and biological compatibility, the matrix cells, epithelial cells and endothelial cells of the cornea are planted respectively, and dynamically cultured in the simulated in vivo environment of a biological reactor, so that the full-thickness biological cornea with nearly normal tissue structure and characteristics can be constructed in vitro, and the biological cornea can be used to simulate the physiological cornea for fundamental research on physiology, pathology and pharmacology; moreover, the biological cornea can also be directly used as the donator for corneal transplantation.

The invention provides an assembling type cell-derived extracellular matrix membrane (ECM) compound bone repairing material as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The bone repairingmaterial is prepared by the following steps: completely covering a three-dimensional degradable biological scaffold with a sheet-shaped acellular matrix membrane under sterile conditions and then freezing the three-dimensional degradable biological scaffold for 24 to 48h under the condition of -20 to -80 DEG C; then carrying out freeze drying treatment to obtain the ECM membrane compound bone repairing material, wherein the sheet-shaped acellular matrix membrane is a cell-derived extracellular matrix which is generated by in-vitro culture of cells, is subjected to decellularization treatment and has certain bone induction activity, and the three-dimensional degradable biological scaffold is a biological scaffold which is prepared from natural polymers, has a three-dimensional porous microscopic structure and can be completely degraded and absorbed in human bodies. The assembling type cell-derived extracellular matrix membrane compound bone repairing material has a good bone induction capability; furthermore, the bone regeneration capability of the compound material is strengthened; a construction method is simple and feasible and the material can be stored for a long time and has awide clinical application potential.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for efficiently preparing blood cells, such as mature megakaryocytes and platelets, from iPS cells in an in vitro culture system.The present invention provides a sac-like structure enclosing hematopoietic progenitor cells, which is obtained by inoculating iPS cells onto feeder cells and then culturing the iPS cells under conditions suitable for inducing the differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells. Moreover, the present invention also provides a method for producing various types of blood cells, which comprises culturing hematopoietic progenitor cells enclosed in the sac-like structure under conditions suitable for inducing the differentiation of blood cells. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a method for producing various types of blood cells, particularly megakaryocytes and platelets, without involving the sac-like structure.

Leptin was previously demonstrated to exert potent immune modulatory properties in several immune mediated disorders. The aim of the study was to determine leptin's anti-tumor effect in a murine model of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In vivo, Athymic T cell deficient (nude) mice transplanted with 1×106 human Hep3B cells, followed by administration of two daily intraperitoneal doses of 0.5 mg / gram leptin for 6 weeks. Leptin administration induced a significant reduction in tumor size and improved survival in nude mice. Histologically, tumors of leptin-administered mice featured increased inflammatory exudate in interphase areas. Leptin-induced tumor suppression was associated with a significant increase in peripheral natural killer (NK) cell number. Splenocytes from leptin-treated mice featured decreased expression of CIS mRNA. To determine which lymphocyte subset is a prerequisite for the anti tumor effect of leptin, T&B cell deficient (Scid) mice and T,B& NK deficient (Scid-Beige) mice were subcutaneously implanted with Hep3B tumor cells, with and without the daily intraperitoneal administration of 0.5 mg / gram leptin for 6 weeks. SCID mice featured leptin-associated tumor suppression similar to those of nude mice. In contrast, NK-deficient SCID-Beige mice developed larger tumors. To further establish natural killer cell's central role in mediation of leptin's anti-tumor effect, NK cells were incubated in vitro with increasing doses of leptin, demonstrating a dose-dependent increase in cytotoxic activity. Incubation of leptin with hepatoma cell line was found to induce a dose-dependent reduction in hepatoma cell proliferation, suggesting an additive direct anti-tumor effect. Further synergism in inhibition of hepatoma cell proliferation in vitro was achieved following addition of natural killer cells. HCC cells expressed leptin receptor mRNA, while addition of leptin induced increased mRMA expression of STAT2 and SOCS1 on tumor cell lines. Leptin administration induces a significant suppression of human HCC. This effect is mediated by induction of natural killer cell proliferation and activation, and by direct inhibition of tumor growth. Decreased natural killer cell expression of inhibitory CIS protein and over expression of the anti-proliferative STAT2 and SOCS1 proteins in HCC lines may underline both anti cancerous effects of leptin.

A method is disclosed for culturing pluripotent or multipotent cells in vitro, the method comprising attaching pluripotent or multipotent cells to a plurality of microcarriers to form microcarrier-cell complexes, and culturing the microcarrier-cell complexes in suspension culture in the presence of a ROCK inhibitor.

The invention relates to a method of excysting and growing protozoal oocysts by in vitro tissue culture resulting in production of a continuous culture of merozoites. The invention also provides an economical and reliable supply of cultured Eimeria sp. for vaccine production, assays and research. Domesticated avians that have been vaccinated using the provied Eimeria sp. are also provided.

The invention discloses a composite microcapsule model for use in in-vitro cell coculture. The model is a sphere-in-sphere composite microcapsule model consisting of an inner sodium alginate gel microsphere and an outer sodium alginate gel microsphere, which is formed by using natural polysaccharide sodium alginate as a substrate material, dripping the polysaccharide sodium alginate into multivalent cation solution and performing gelatinization treatment twice, wherein the two gel microspheres may contain two different kinds of cells. The model can be used for the study on in-vitro coculture of various cells and overcomes the drawback that the interaction between cells of the same kinds and the interaction between cells of different kinds cannot be controlled, the drawback that different kinds of cells are difficult to separate in late-stage study and the drawback that cell dependency exists of the conventional coculture model; and the model can simulate cell-cell interaction, cell-extracellular matrix interaction and cell-soluble factor interaction and provide theoretical and technical support for in-vitro construction of a tumor model, optimization of in-vitro culture mode of cells and tissue engineering construction of various tissue and organ analogues or equivalents.