by | Aug 24, 2020 | Miner, Jeffrey
— Mouse line carrying a mutation in Col4a3 backcrossed to 129S1/Sv1mJ strain. The mice show kidney failure at 10-12 weeks of age to enable rapid drug screening.
Publication: A mouse collagen4α4 mutation causing Alport glomerulosclerosis with abnormal collagen α3α4α5(IV) trime…
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Miner, Jeffrey
— Collagen antibodies that bind to the major collagen IV component of the kidney glomerular basement membrance. The antbiodies reaction with mouse, rat, and human chains and were derived using the noncollagenous NCI domains at the COOH-termini in rabbit antiserum to mouse.
Collagen IV alpha3 chain: 353
Collagen IV alpha4 chain: 356
Collagen IV alpha5 chain: 358
by | Jul 27, 2020 | Qavi, Abraham, Swat, Wojciech
— 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…
by | Jul 22, 2020 | Guilak, Farshid, Pferdehirt, Lara
— 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…
by | Jul 20, 2020 | Mecham, Robert, Wagenseil, Jessica
— Mouse with floxed elastin gene to conditionally inactivate elastin gene expression.
Publication: Heterogeneous Cellular Contributions to Elastic Laminae Formation in Arterial Wall Development