Does anyone use AAV, lentivirus or adenovirus to induce some kind of typical heart disease models by gene overexpression or knockout?

I want to establish mouse heart disease model by gene manipulation with AAV or other viral vector.

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Does anyone use AAV, lentivirus or adenovirus to induce typical autoimmune diseases model by gene overexpression or knockout?

I want to establish some kind of autoimmune diseases model by gene manipulation with AAV or other viral vector.

04 May 2019 6,001 0 View

Does anyone use AAV, lentivirus or adenovirus to induce typical Lung or Trachea disease model in mice by gene overexpression or knockout?

I want to build mouse lung disease models by gene manipulation with AAV or other vector.

04 May 2019 1,122 0 View

Are there any manufacturers in India that can provide nanoparticles or liposomes for high efficient cell transfection?

I am looking for a manufacturer specializing in transfection reagent raw materials.

04 May 2019 3,272 1 View

How to establish AAV-producing stable sf9 cell line with rep and cap gene incorporated into the genome?

I know that there is publicated Bac2.0 system for stable sf9 cell line, but they just use the plasmid transfection and screen the cells with antibiotics. I am wondering whether there is a method...

01 February 2019 2,477 2 View

Is adeno associated virus the best vector for in vivo tissue infection at present? What are the advantages of AAV over lentivirus and adenovirus?

01 February 2019 1,752 6 View

How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

Does anyone know an alternative product for cardiac Troponin T antibody for Immunofluorescence (Thermo # MA512960)?

We have been using Thermo Fisher anti-cardiac Troponin T antibody for immunofluorescence staining in FFPE mouse heart sections but it was recently discontinued. The literature shows it to be the...

01 March 2021 4,937 1 View

IHC on mouse liver hepatocytes?

Can anyone help me choose primary antibodies for mouse liver hepatocytes and also in conjunction Cd8 cells. Also Cd3 cells. I want to look at hepatocytes and adjacent immune cells in mice with...

01 March 2021 6,953 1 View

How to avoid ulcers in s.c. injected tumors ?

Recently, we have injected s.c. B16F10 tumor cells in BL/6 mice. At around 12-15th day some animals showed ulcerations in tumors , with a big hole in the middle (it looks like a volcano). We have...

01 March 2021 9,938 3 View

How vaccines of covid 19 work?

Millions ask how vaccines of covid 19 be successful and safe, its here to explain generally how vaccine of pfizer work ,mRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that will trigger an...

28 February 2021 2,723 4 View

Problem with shRNA transfection. Why are only two plates getting contaminated instead of all?

I transfected my LNCaP-WT cells with 3 shRNA plus their NTC two weeks ago and split two puromycin selected cell plates on Friday last week(Feb 26). I checked for GFP in the cells, and they all...

28 February 2021 4,949 3 View

Interested to stain mice tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, anybody has a protocol to recommend?

Interested to stain mice brain tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, appreciate if anyone willing to offer me some guidance or suggestions! Thank you!

28 February 2021 3,951 2 View

Looking for genomic DNA extraction kits from mouse tissue (centrifuge-based, not spin-column)?

Hello. I am looking to extract genomic DNA from mouse brain and lungs and I need a kit that is not spin-column based because I need to scale up the solution amounts for 400mg tissue (most cap at...

25 February 2021 155 2 View

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

Is it harmful to breed for Cre Homozygosity initially?

Hello, I am currently using a Cas9 knock in system that will be expressed in the liver. To do so STOP codon fl/fl Cas9 KI mice were bred with Albumin-Cre mice to generate heterozgous pups, that...

24 February 2021 5,759 3 View