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For the last few experiments I am getting no elevation in ROS comparing to the control group (No TNF-a). Generally I used to get ~30% increase (Amplex Red Assay. I am keeping the cells starved for...
26 September 2016 4,643 6 View
Measuring intracellular ROS using DCFDA is creating lots of misleading data, I would really like to switch to other protocols available to measure ROS. But my point is where should I really look...
01 September 2016 3,131 3 View
I have been treating HUVEC with my compound to see if it can reduce the TNF-a induced ROS. Usually I treat the compound twice (with DCFDA and after washing with TNF-a). Since the results were not...
05 August 2016 3,493 3 View
To get the best ROS generation (i am expecting 40-50% increase than that of control), how long my HUVEC should be starved and what would be the serum percentage? i am using EBM-2 (Lonza) without...
29 July 2016 2,280 4 View
Previously I tried with EBM-2 (cell: HUVEC), but I found that in cell free condition EBM-2 in presence on DCFDA (20uM) gives very high fluorescence. My plan is to replace EBM-2 with HBSS. But, I...
27 July 2016 8,331 6 View
For some reason I had to use HUVEC with high passage number (p8-p14). I treat TNF-a (10ng/ml) for 1hr and administer my compound to see changes in the ROS level. In P5-P7 I got mostly 25%...
20 July 2016 5,943 2 View
I have been working with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, which showed significant positive effect by declining ROS generated by TNF-a (10ng/ml, 1hr) in HUVEC. I am using 20uM of DCFDA +plus compound...
15 July 2016 4,790 6 View
In vitro, TNF- induces a very weak oxidative response by neutrophils but strongly enhances ROS release on exposure to a secondary stimulus, such as the bacterial peptide fMLF. is it capable of...
04 July 2016 7,144 2 View
Need to separate the membrane fraction for detecting p47phox translocation. I've found that 100,000g for 60min can give satisfactory result. But, the ultracentrifuge we are using now cannot go...
28 June 2016 1,363 1 View
I am culturing HUVEC up to 80% confluency (EGM-2; Lonza), then let them serum starved (EBM-2; Lonza) for 24hr and treated with TNF-a (10ng/ml) for 30min. With DCFDA I didn't get that much of...
17 June 2016 4,446 5 View
Need to know two things 1. What is the appropriate time frame to record RLUs? (i am using a microplate reader, Spectramax M2, can't set the recording time below 1min) 2. How will be the typical...
17 June 2016 6,292 1 View
Trying to measure protein concentration for Lucigenin assay. But even culturing at more than 80% confluency, after centrifugation and sonication getting only 330ug/ml of protein. Hard to maintain...
15 June 2016 1,391 2 View
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07 June 2016 2,874 4 View
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01 June 2016 7,794 1 View
i have been using lucigenin (5uM; final conc.) preppared in Krebs-Ringer-HEPES (modified) buffer. My stock is 12mM (in acetic acid) and for working I prepared it as 40uM in the same buffer. But...
23 May 2016 3,514 2 View
difference in terms of total ROS and/or type of ROS, after TNF-a challenge
12 May 2016 2,482 5 View
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10 May 2016 1,776 3 View
Need to find out the specific pathway by which collagen is increasing ROS. What could be the possible technique?
18 April 2016 5,973 4 View
I administered Ang-1 as 50ng/ml for a kinetic assay for 1hr in HUVEC (passage 9) in Collagen-1 (200ug/ml) coated well, but the fluorescence (in arbitrary unit) was very high indeed. Almost 1000 at...
14 April 2016 5,669 1 View
HUVECs are being starved for 24 hr (in 96-well) and same volume to of DCFDA is being added directly. Do I need to replace the media before adding DCFDA? Can cytokines cause any effect on ROS...
11 April 2016 6,346 2 View
I am treating TNF-a to produce ROS in HUVEC. I started with passage no. 5 and used up to passage no. 9. But not sure whether I am getting the same response. Need your suggestions regarding this...
08 April 2016 4,772 3 View
need to explain to you: TNF-a was prepared as 100ng/ml using EBM-2 (basal) to treat my HUVEC for ROS generation. But the solution was diluted to 10ng/ml and the rest of the volume of 100ng/ml...
22 March 2016 9,306 4 View
I am using 0.05% Trypsin/EDTA. Added 2ml to T75 flask, incubated for 3min but not more than 10% cells were detached and there were very less circular cells. Not sure what was wrong.
16 March 2016 4,901 9 View
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14 March 2016 4,035 16 View
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01 February 2016 5,755 3 View
going to start culturing HUVECs using EGM-2 for my experiment and now in need of every detail.
25 January 2016 9,283 7 View
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21 January 2016 3,342 2 View
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21 October 2015 9,009 3 View
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19 October 2015 8,318 2 View
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I have been searching for SNPs in miRNA genes (formulated panel of 65) in a designated breast cancer population by iPLEX/MALDI-TOF-MS. But after that just got stuck into and couldn't go...
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Dear Tuan Zea Tan, My research is focused on association of miRNAs to the molecular subtypes of breast cancer and their clinical significance. I'd really appreciate if you could share the...
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