Technical Reference #1314

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
glass bottom microwells (MatTek Co; Ashland; MA)

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Interleukin-1Β Affects Calcium Signaling And In Vitro Cell Migration Of Astrocyte Progenitors Katharine Striedinger 1; Eliana Scemes, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Journal of Neuroimmunology, 196(1314), (2008)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
Spontaneous calcium activity of neural progenitors is largely dependent on a paracrine signaling mechanism involving release of ATP andactivation of purinergic receptors. Although it is well documented that in mature astrocytes cytokines modulate the

Keywords:
Cytokine; Microglia; Neurospheres; Purinergic receptors; IL-1β; TNFα

Materials & Methods:
For in vitro cell differentiation floating neurospheres were plated on glass bottom microwells (MatTek Co Ashland MA) coated with poly-D-lysine-

Microscopic Technique
Fluorescence Microscopy, Epifluorescence Microscopy

Cell Type(s)
C57BL/6