siRNA / miRNA gene silencing Human Primary Endometrial Stromal Cells

Get tips on using TRIzol Reagent to perform RNA isolation / purification Cells - immortalized Human blood cord

Get tips on using MitoSOX™ Red Mitochondrial Superoxide Indicator, for live-cell imaging to perform ROS assay cell type - A549 human adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cells

Isolating RNA from tissues and paraffin-embedded tissue samples can be challenging due to cross-linking of biomolecules and fragmented nucleic acids. The best solution is to slice the tissues into smaller pieces and make a homogenate solution (using tissue homogenizer or grinding liquid nitrogen frozen samples) in presence of RNAse inhibitors. The homogenization process should be carried out on dry ice to maintain the integrity of RNA.

Get tips on using FreeStyle™ 293-F Cells to perform Protein expression and purification Mammalian cells - HEK 293 EGFR

Get tips on using MethylCap kit to perform DNA methylation profiling Whole genome profiling - HCT116, HTC15 human colon cancer cells

Get tips on using Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenic Differentiation Medium to perform Stem cell Differentiation media human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells (hUMSCs) differentiation into osteogenic cells

Get tips on using Gibco™DMEM, low glucose, pyruvate to perform Stem cell Differentiation media human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells (hUMSCs) differentiation into osteogenic cells

Get tips on using AmpFLSTR™ Identifiler™ Plus PCR Amplification Kit to perform Cell line authentication Human iPSC cells derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells

The estimation of DNA methylation level heavily depends on the complete conversion of non-methylated DNA cytosines. It is crucial to ensure complete conversion of non-methylated cytosines in DNA. Therefore, it is important to incorporate controls for bisulfite reactions, as well as to pay attention to the appearance of cytosines in non-CpG sites after sequencing, which is an indicator of incomplete conversion.

An alternative to culture-based cell death detection is an assessment of other cell viability indicators using fluorescent dyes, including membrane potential and membrane integrity. Live/Dead assays differentiates live and dead cells using membrane integrity as a proxy for cell viability and are based on a fluorescent staining procedure followed by detection using flow cytometry. However, samples preparation for such flow cytometry-based techniques could be challenging. Cell harvesting by trypsinization, mechanical or enzymatic cell disaggregation from tissues, extensive centrifugation steps, may all lead to preferential loss of apoptotic cells. To overcome this strictly follow manufacturers instruction of the detection kit.