TY - CHAP
T1 - Immunofluorescence Microscopy and mRNA Analysis of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs) Including Primary Cilia Associated Signaling Pathways
AU - Vestergaard, Maj Linea
AU - Awan, Aashir
AU - Warzecha, Caroline Becker
AU - Christensen, Søren Tvorup
AU - Andersen, Claus Yding
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This chapter describes the procedures for immunofluorescence microscopy (IFM) and quantitative PCR (qPCR) analyses of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) grown specifically under feeder-free conditions. A detailed protocol is provided outlining the steps from initially growing the cells, passaging onto 16-well glass chambers, and continuing with the general IFM and qPCR anlysis. The techniques are illustrated with results on cellular localization of transcriptional factors and components of the Hedgehog, Wnt, PDGF, and TGFβ signaling pathways to primary cilia in stem cell maintenance and differentiation. Furthermore, a sample qPCR experiment is experimentally shown illustrating that these techniques can be important tools in answering basic questions about hESC biology.
AB - This chapter describes the procedures for immunofluorescence microscopy (IFM) and quantitative PCR (qPCR) analyses of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) grown specifically under feeder-free conditions. A detailed protocol is provided outlining the steps from initially growing the cells, passaging onto 16-well glass chambers, and continuing with the general IFM and qPCR anlysis. The techniques are illustrated with results on cellular localization of transcriptional factors and components of the Hedgehog, Wnt, PDGF, and TGFβ signaling pathways to primary cilia in stem cell maintenance and differentiation. Furthermore, a sample qPCR experiment is experimentally shown illustrating that these techniques can be important tools in answering basic questions about hESC biology.
U2 - 10.1007/7651_2014_127
DO - 10.1007/7651_2014_127
M3 - Book chapter
C2 - 25304206
SN - 978-1-4939-2667-1
SN - 978-1-4939-2668-8
VL - 1307
T3 - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
SP - 123
EP - 140
BT - Human Embryonic Stem Cell Protocols
PB - Springer Science+Business Media
ER -