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Reen Wu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Growth and Differentiation of Human Nasal Epithelial Cells in Culture
The American review of respiratory disease, 2015Co-Authors: Reen Wu, James R. Yankaskas, E. Cheng, Michael R. Knowles, Richard C. BoucherAbstract:Ham's F12 medium supplemented with insulin (Ins), transferrin (Tf), epidermal growth factor (EGF), hydrocortisone (HC), T3, cholera toxin (CT), and bovine Hypothalamus Extract (BHE) was developed for in vitro growth of human nasal epithelial (HNE) cells. The HNE cells were dissociated from freshly excised nasal polyps or turbinates with protease. Colony-forming efficiency of primary HNE cells was approximately 5%. Growth studies showed Ins, BHE, and CT were essential for growth; HC, EGF, Tf, and T3 were also stimulatory for growth. The growth rate in this serum-free, hormone-supplemented medium was 24 h per population doubling. Up to 20 population doublings and 3 passages of dissociated HNE cells could be achieved. Addition of serum to this culture medium inhibited epithelial cell growth. Vitamin A had no apparent effect on cell growth but induced an alteration in the morphologic characteristics of the cell. The epithelial nature of cultured cells was confirmed by positive staining with antihuman keratin ...
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Inhibition of Epidermal Growth Factor-like Growth Factor Secretion in Tracheobronchial Epithelial Cells by Vitamin A
Cancer Research, 1993Co-Authors: Lisa A. Miller, Ling Zhong Cheng, Reen WuAbstract:Vitamin A deficiency of respiratory tract epithelium results in the phenomenon of squamous cell metaplasia. The mechanisms by which vitamin A regulates airway epithelial cell growth and differentiation are not completely understood. In this study, we focused on the effects of vitamin A (retinol) on growth of human and non-human primate tracheobronchial epithelial (TBE) cells in culture. Retinol and its derivatives have little growth-stimulatory effect on TBE cells that are maintained in primary culture in a serum-free medium supplemented with 6 hormonal supplements: insulin, transferrin, epidermal growth factor (EGF), hydrocortisone, cholera toxin, and bovine Hypothalamus Extract. However, it was observed that retinol exhibited dose-dependent inhibition of TBE cell growth when EGF was removed from this serum-free culture condition. This inhibition can be reversed if EGF or the conditioned medium of primary TBE cells that are maintained in vitamin A-deficient condition is added. This type of EGF-retinol interacting phenomenon was not observed with the 5 remaining hormonal supplements. Analysis of 125I-labeled EGF binding shows a down-regulation of the high affinity binding sites ( K d = 0.09 nm) on TBE cells grown in the absence of vitamin A. These results suggest that TBE cells are capable of secreting an EGF-like growth factor in the absence of vitamin A. The possibility that transforming growth factor-α (TGF-α) is involved in this phenomenon is further examined by antibodies specific to TGF-α and its binding to an EGF-receptor. Using the TGF-α antibody, the presence of a TGF-α-specific antigen was found to be 3-fold higher in the conditioned medium obtained from the vitamin A-deficient cultures than that derived from retinol-treated cultures. Furthermore, the antibody neutralizing the TGF-α binding to an EGF receptor was able to reduce the DNA synthesis associated with the vitamin A deficiency. These results suggest that vitamin A plays an important regulatory role in the paracrine/autocrine secretion of EGF/TGF-α-like mitogen in TBE cell cultures.
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Culture of conducting airway epithelial cells in serum-free medium
Journal of tissue culture methods, 1991Co-Authors: Cynthia B. Robinson, Reen WuAbstract:Reproducible techniques for the isolation and culture of conducting airway epithelial cells from various species including human are described. Tissues recovered after necropsy or surgery are treated with 0.1% protease at 4°C overnight. The epithelial lining cells are liberated from adventitia by flushing with ice-cold minimal essential medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum. The resulting suspension of single cells and cell clusters is centrifuged and then plated on type 1 collagen gel substratum in a serum-free F12 medium supplemented with insulin, transferrin, epidermal growth factor, cholera toxin, hydrocortisone (or dexamethasone), bovine Hypothalamus Extract, and retinol. Increased calcium concentration in the medium to 1 to 3 m M augments in vitro mucous cell differentiation. Both a squamouslike and mucociliary differentiation of the cultured epithelium can be identified by biochemical, immunohistologic, and morphologic means. The polarity of epithelial cell cultures is promoted by use of biphasic culture methods, in which epithelial cells are fed basally and are in direct contact with the air phase.
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Expression of mucin synthesis and secretion in human tracheobronchial epithelial cells grown in culture.
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 1990Co-Authors: Reen Wu, Walter R. Martin, Cynthia B. Robinson, Judith A. St. George, Charles G. Plopper, Geoffrey Kurland, Carroll E. Cross, Ruth J. Mcdonald, Richard BoucherAbstract:The effects of culture conditions on growth and differentiation of human tracheobronchial epithelial (HTBE) cells have been defined. Epithelial cells were dissociated from tissues by protease treatment and were plated on tissue culture dishes in F12 medium supplemented with insulin, transferrin, epidermal growth factor, hydrocortisone, cholera toxin, bovine Hypothalamus Extract, and retinol. HTBE cells did not express any mucociliary function (ciliogenesis or mucin secretion) on tissue culture plastic, but they could be passaged 3 to 5 times with a total of 10 to 25 population doublings. Cells from early passages re-express both these functions when transplanted to tracheal grafts. When tissue culture plates were coated with collagen film or collagen gel substrata, cell attachment and proliferation were stimulated. However, the expression of mucous cell function in culture occurred only when cells were plated on collagen gel substrata and vitamin A (retinol) was present in the medium. Mucous cell differen...
Richard C. Boucher - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Growth and Differentiation of Human Nasal Epithelial Cells in Culture
The American review of respiratory disease, 2015Co-Authors: Reen Wu, James R. Yankaskas, E. Cheng, Michael R. Knowles, Richard C. BoucherAbstract:Ham's F12 medium supplemented with insulin (Ins), transferrin (Tf), epidermal growth factor (EGF), hydrocortisone (HC), T3, cholera toxin (CT), and bovine Hypothalamus Extract (BHE) was developed for in vitro growth of human nasal epithelial (HNE) cells. The HNE cells were dissociated from freshly excised nasal polyps or turbinates with protease. Colony-forming efficiency of primary HNE cells was approximately 5%. Growth studies showed Ins, BHE, and CT were essential for growth; HC, EGF, Tf, and T3 were also stimulatory for growth. The growth rate in this serum-free, hormone-supplemented medium was 24 h per population doubling. Up to 20 population doublings and 3 passages of dissociated HNE cells could be achieved. Addition of serum to this culture medium inhibited epithelial cell growth. Vitamin A had no apparent effect on cell growth but induced an alteration in the morphologic characteristics of the cell. The epithelial nature of cultured cells was confirmed by positive staining with antihuman keratin ...
Cynthia B. Robinson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Culture of conducting airway epithelial cells in serum-free medium
Journal of tissue culture methods, 1991Co-Authors: Cynthia B. Robinson, Reen WuAbstract:Reproducible techniques for the isolation and culture of conducting airway epithelial cells from various species including human are described. Tissues recovered after necropsy or surgery are treated with 0.1% protease at 4°C overnight. The epithelial lining cells are liberated from adventitia by flushing with ice-cold minimal essential medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum. The resulting suspension of single cells and cell clusters is centrifuged and then plated on type 1 collagen gel substratum in a serum-free F12 medium supplemented with insulin, transferrin, epidermal growth factor, cholera toxin, hydrocortisone (or dexamethasone), bovine Hypothalamus Extract, and retinol. Increased calcium concentration in the medium to 1 to 3 m M augments in vitro mucous cell differentiation. Both a squamouslike and mucociliary differentiation of the cultured epithelium can be identified by biochemical, immunohistologic, and morphologic means. The polarity of epithelial cell cultures is promoted by use of biphasic culture methods, in which epithelial cells are fed basally and are in direct contact with the air phase.
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Expression of mucin synthesis and secretion in human tracheobronchial epithelial cells grown in culture.
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 1990Co-Authors: Reen Wu, Walter R. Martin, Cynthia B. Robinson, Judith A. St. George, Charles G. Plopper, Geoffrey Kurland, Carroll E. Cross, Ruth J. Mcdonald, Richard BoucherAbstract:The effects of culture conditions on growth and differentiation of human tracheobronchial epithelial (HTBE) cells have been defined. Epithelial cells were dissociated from tissues by protease treatment and were plated on tissue culture dishes in F12 medium supplemented with insulin, transferrin, epidermal growth factor, hydrocortisone, cholera toxin, bovine Hypothalamus Extract, and retinol. HTBE cells did not express any mucociliary function (ciliogenesis or mucin secretion) on tissue culture plastic, but they could be passaged 3 to 5 times with a total of 10 to 25 population doublings. Cells from early passages re-express both these functions when transplanted to tracheal grafts. When tissue culture plates were coated with collagen film or collagen gel substrata, cell attachment and proliferation were stimulated. However, the expression of mucous cell function in culture occurred only when cells were plated on collagen gel substrata and vitamin A (retinol) was present in the medium. Mucous cell differen...
James R. Yankaskas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Growth and Differentiation of Human Nasal Epithelial Cells in Culture
The American review of respiratory disease, 2015Co-Authors: Reen Wu, James R. Yankaskas, E. Cheng, Michael R. Knowles, Richard C. BoucherAbstract:Ham's F12 medium supplemented with insulin (Ins), transferrin (Tf), epidermal growth factor (EGF), hydrocortisone (HC), T3, cholera toxin (CT), and bovine Hypothalamus Extract (BHE) was developed for in vitro growth of human nasal epithelial (HNE) cells. The HNE cells were dissociated from freshly excised nasal polyps or turbinates with protease. Colony-forming efficiency of primary HNE cells was approximately 5%. Growth studies showed Ins, BHE, and CT were essential for growth; HC, EGF, Tf, and T3 were also stimulatory for growth. The growth rate in this serum-free, hormone-supplemented medium was 24 h per population doubling. Up to 20 population doublings and 3 passages of dissociated HNE cells could be achieved. Addition of serum to this culture medium inhibited epithelial cell growth. Vitamin A had no apparent effect on cell growth but induced an alteration in the morphologic characteristics of the cell. The epithelial nature of cultured cells was confirmed by positive staining with antihuman keratin ...
E. Cheng - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Growth and Differentiation of Human Nasal Epithelial Cells in Culture
The American review of respiratory disease, 2015Co-Authors: Reen Wu, James R. Yankaskas, E. Cheng, Michael R. Knowles, Richard C. BoucherAbstract:Ham's F12 medium supplemented with insulin (Ins), transferrin (Tf), epidermal growth factor (EGF), hydrocortisone (HC), T3, cholera toxin (CT), and bovine Hypothalamus Extract (BHE) was developed for in vitro growth of human nasal epithelial (HNE) cells. The HNE cells were dissociated from freshly excised nasal polyps or turbinates with protease. Colony-forming efficiency of primary HNE cells was approximately 5%. Growth studies showed Ins, BHE, and CT were essential for growth; HC, EGF, Tf, and T3 were also stimulatory for growth. The growth rate in this serum-free, hormone-supplemented medium was 24 h per population doubling. Up to 20 population doublings and 3 passages of dissociated HNE cells could be achieved. Addition of serum to this culture medium inhibited epithelial cell growth. Vitamin A had no apparent effect on cell growth but induced an alteration in the morphologic characteristics of the cell. The epithelial nature of cultured cells was confirmed by positive staining with antihuman keratin ...