Artificial Csf

Artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) is a laboratory-prepared solution formulated to reproduce key chemical and physical properties of cerebrospinal fluid, the liquid that cushions and supports the brain and spinal cord. In biology, its controlled concentrations of ions, glucose, and buffering components help maintain osmotic balance, pH, and neuronal excitability when nervous tissue is removed from the body. Researchers use aCSF to perfuse or bathe brain slices, isolated neural preparations, and cells during electrophysiology, imaging, and pharmacological experiments. By providing a reproducible extracellular environment, artificial CSF supports studies of synaptic signaling, neural circuits, and drug responses while enabling controlled manipulation of experimental conditions.

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JoVE Journal - Immunology and Infection

A Cell Free Assay System Estimating the Neutralizing Capacity of GM-CSF Antibody using Recombinant Soluble GM-CSF Receptor

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2011

We designed a cell-free receptor binding assay in order to estimate the binding of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to the receptors. It enables us to evaluate competitive inhibition of biotinylated GM-CSF binding to soluble GM-CSF receptor alpha by GM-CSF autoantibody with excellent reproducibility.

Absolute Quantification of Aβ1-42 in CSF Using a Mass Spectrometric Reference Measurement Procedure

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2017

A reference measurement procedure for the absolute quantification of Aβ1-42 in human CSF based on solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry is described.

Proliferation and Differentiation of Murine Myeloid Precursor 32D/G-CSF-R Cells

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2018

Here detailed protocols for culturing the murine myeloid precursor 32D/G-CSF-R cell line, performing viral infections, and carrying out proliferation and differentiation assays are presented. This cell line is suitable for studying myeloid cell development, and the role of genes of interest in myeloid cell growth and neutrophilic differentiation.

Education

JoVE Lab Manual - Biology

Artificial Selection - Concepts

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2019

Natural Selection and Adaptive Evolution In natural settings, adaptive evolution takes place by natural selection, a process in which differences in traits lead to differences in survival and reproductive success between individuals. This happens because individuals with certain phenotypes have a higher probability of survival and/or produce more surviving offspring than individuals with other phenotypes. A classic example of this was demonstrated by Rosemary and Peter Grant studying the...

An In Vitro Technique to Differentiate GM-CSF Producing T Helper Cells from Naïve T Cells

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2025

This video demonstrates the in vitro differentiation of granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor or GM-CSF-producing T helper cells (THGM). Isolated naïve T cells are stimulated for differentiation into THGM, which is confirmed by detecting high intracellular GM-CSF production and a low expression of other T helper cell-specific cytokines.

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