— This is a transgenic mouse line that expresses the Diphtheria toxin receptor in the myocardium of the mouse heart. Upon administration of Diphtheria toxin cardiomyocytes undergo rapid cell death and mice develop heart failure. This mouse line provides a simple a noninvasive method to model cardiac i…
— Two plasmids each containing a single murine mutant tumor neoantigen: a) retroviral MSCV-IRES encoding full length mutant lamanin alpha 4 (mLama4) b) retroviral MSCV plasmid encoding full length mutant integrin beta 1 (mItgb1)
— A plasmid containing the E. colil ColE1 origin of replication, a chloramphenicol (antibiotic) resistance cassette, and a tetracycline-inducible antisense RNA gene regulator containing a target binding region (TBR) and the synthetic MicF M7.4 Hfq binding site for additional stability in the RNA molec…
— BOOM TCRtg mice express a T cell receptor specific for the Bt4295(541-554) epitope of the commensal bacteria Bacteroids thetaiodaomicron. This is the first mouse TCRtg line developed specific for B. theta.
— New combinations of labeled membrane proteins and G-protein subunits. These include twocolor HRas and single color CD86 controls as well as labels beta and gamma subunits of the heterotrimeric G-protein complex. All of these have been built using plasmids from Addgene.
— These plasmids contain mammalian cell expression promoters and can be used for AAV production. Some plasmids encode a calcium reporter (GCaMP) and photoactivatable fluorescent reporter (PAmCherry). Others plasmids encode a calcium reporter (GCaMP) and one of the vomeronasal receptor genes; two gen…
— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a prognostic biomarker that can be used to predict response to genotoxic chemotherapy for patients with basal-like/triple-negative breast cancer. Basal-like/triple-negative breast cancer is considered to be mor…
— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a non-invasive screening method using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) to detect Alzheimer’s disease (AD) at the early, preclinical stage. AD is characterized by progressive memory loss, be…
— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a 3D-printed device for the subcutaneous transplantation of stem cell-derived beta (SC-beta) cells for diabetes cell replacement therapy. Diabetes mellitus, a disease characterized by loss of blood glucose cont…
— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed an improved method to monitor the progression of lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) and guide treatment decisions. LPDs, including leukemia and lymphoma, are characterized by the abnormal proliferation of blo…
— VP35 is involved in multiple functions crticial to viral replication in filoviruses such as Ebola and Marburg virus. Viruses with VP35 mutations are attenuated in in vivo models. 5.4 million compounds were screened for their ability to bind to VP35 at the key protein-to-protein interface. The screen…
— Using CRISPR-based gene editing, decorin was inserted downstream of Smad7 to create autoregulated stem cells that can produce decorin. As Smad7 is activated during TGF-beta signaling, the stems cells produce decorin in response to TGF-beta. Decorin is a key modulator of extracellular matrix assembly…
— Dr. Fumihiko Urano is director of the Wolfram Syndrome International Registry at WU and has developed many research tools for studying Wolfram Syndrome. The following constructs contain the wildtype WFS1 gene with various flags, or mutations of WFS that cause mild forms of Wolfram Syndrome (019395)…
— A mouse model of Wolfram Syndrome carrying a pathogenic variant of Wfs1 gene corresponding to human WFS1, c.1672C > T (p.R558c) missense mutation in exon 8 of WFS1.
— A humanized rat model of Wolfram Syndrome carrying a Wfs1 gene mutation corresponding to human WFS1 gene point mutation with a stop codon at position a.a. 452.
— MCB6A organoids generate urothelial tumors with features similar to the basal-squamous subtype of urothelial carcinoma, the most common bladder cancer. MCB6A harbors 1,524 mutations, including mutations in Kdm6a and Trp53. Publication: CD4+ T cells induce rejection of urothelial tumors after imm…
— Mouse with floxed elastin gene to conditionally inactivate elastin gene expression. Publication: Heterogeneous Cellular Contributions to Elastic Laminae Formation in Arterial Wall Development
