siRNA / RNAi /miRNA transfection Human Cells Jurkat cells

Get tips on using Gentra Puregene Buccal Cell Kit (100) to perform DNA isolation / purification Cells - Primary cells Buccal cells

Get tips on using Gentra Puregene Blood Kit to perform DNA isolation / purification Cells - Primary cells Bone marrow mononuclear cells

Get tips on using β-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System with Reporter Lysis Buffer to perform Reporter gene assay β-galactosidase substrates - human MSCs (mesenchymal stem cells)

Get tips on using Human ANGPTL3 ELISA to perform ELISA Human - Angiopoietin-Like 3 (AngptL3)

Get tips on using QIAamp DNA Mini Kit to perform DNA isolation / purification Cells - Primary cells Cyst-derived kidney epithelial cells

Get tips on using QIAamp DNA FFPE Tissue Kit to perform DNA isolation / purification Cells - Primary cells Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) cells

Get tips on using ApopTag® Peroxidase In Situ Apoptosis Detection Kit to perform TUNEL assay cell type - HNSCC Detroit 562 human head and neck tumor cells

Get tips on using Click-iT™ TUNEL Alexa Fluor™ 488 Imaging Assay to perform TUNEL assay cell type - A127, U87MG, U251MG, T98G human glioblastoma cells

As autophagy is a multi-step process which includes not just the formation of autophagosomes, but most importantly, flux through the entire system, including the degradation upon fusion with lysosomes, which makes it quite challenging for detection. There are several methods for detection in mammalian cells, including immunoblotting analysis of LC3 and p62 and detection of autophagosome formation/maturation by fluorescence microscopy, Currently, there is no single “gold standard” for determining the autophagic activity that is applicable in every experimental context, hence it is recommended to go for the combined use of multiple methods to accurately assess the autophagic activity in any given biological setting.

Wound healing assay can be challenging due to inconsistencies and variations while making a wound on the confluent cell monolayer, consequently leads to wounds of varying sizes and widths. Moreover, this assay causes damage to the cells that are at the edge of the wound, which can prevent cell migration into the wound site and healing. The best solution is to use the standard wound healing assay kits using either combs or inserts to make a defined wound field or gap and prevent the well-to-well variation in these assays.