DNA methylation profiling Gene specific profiling UMR-106

Get tips on using Oris™ Cell Migration Assay to perform Wound healing assay cell type - human MCF-10A

Get tips on using IncuCyte® Cell Migration Kit to perform Wound healing assay cell type - human MCF-10A

Get tips on using Muse® Cell Cycle Assay Kit to perform Cell cycle assay human - MCF 10A

Get tips on using TRIzol Reagent to perform RNA isolation / purification Tissue - Human Ureters

Get tips on using QCM™ Gelatin Invadopodia Assay (Green) to perform Cell migration / Invasion cell type - HT-1080

Get tips on using QCM™ Gelatin Invadopodia Assay (Green) to perform Cell migration / Invasion cell type - HT-1080

Get tips on using Cultrex BME Cell Invasion Assay, 96 well to perform Cell migration / Invasion cell type - HT-1080

Get tips on using 8 µm Chemotaxis Assays, 96-Well Format to perform Cell migration / Invasion cell type - MCF-10A

Get tips on using 96-Well Cell Invasion Assay, Collagen I to perform Cell migration / Invasion cell type - MCF-10A

Cell cytotoxicity assays measure the ability of certain compounds or chemical mediators to reduce the viability of the cells. The term cell cytotoxicity assay can sometimes be used interchangeably with cell proliferation assay. Healthy living cells can be identified by the use of formazan dyes, protease biomarkers or by measuring ATP content. The formazan dyes are chromogenic products formed by the reduction of tetrazolium salts by dehydrogenases, such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and reductases that are released during cell death. Common tetrazolium salts include INT, MTT, MTS and XTT. Cell cytotoxicity can also be measured by using the SRB and WST-1 assays. These assays can usually be used in a high-throughput fashion and can be quantitated by measuring absorbance, colorimetry or luminescence. All these assays require similar numbers of cell plating at the initiation, a time course of treatment with the cytotoxic agent and at least triplicates for each condition at every point of analysis. Cell shrinkage, plasma membrane blebbing, cell detachment, externalization of phosphatidylserine, nuclear condensation and ultimately DNA fragmentation are well-described features of apoptosis. The assays that rely on cell membrane integrity for their function, may not be able to quantify early apoptosis. Therefore, in order to distinguish early apoptotic vs. late apoptotic or necrotic cells, additional flow cytometry techniques can be used. A combination of Annexin V and PI (propidium iodide) can be used to distinguish early (Annexin V+/PI-) and late apoptotic (Annexin V+/PI+) cells. Sometimes, caspase assays are used in order to differentiate the stages of apoptosis.