Cell Enrichment Protocol
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A Protocol for Housing Mice in an Enriched Environment
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2015
Environmental enrichment for mice requires a complex and challenging setup, as well as comprehensive husbandry and handling techniques to assure robust metabolic and anti-cancer effects in the mice. This protocol provides detailed procedures to reproduce the above mentioned effects in mice.
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Automated Microfluidic Blood Lysis Protocol for Enrichment of Circulating Nucleated Cells
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2009
An automated microfluidic device was developed for circulating nucleated cell enrichment from peripheral blood via erythrocyte lysis that ensures isolation of high quality sample without cell loss.
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Isolation, Enrichment, and Maintenance of Medulloblastoma Stem Cells
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2010
This protocol describes the isolation, enrichment, and maintenance of medulloblastoma tumor stem cells derived from mutant mice with ectopic Sonic hedgehog pathway activity.
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Automated Cell Enrichment of Cytomegalovirus-specific T cells for Clinical Applications using the Cytokine-capture System
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2015
The goal of this protocol is to manufacture pathogen-specific clinical-grade T cells using a bench-top, automated, second generation cell enrichment device that incorporates a closed cytokine capture system and does not require dedicated staff or use of a GMP facility. The cytomegalovirus pp65-specific-T cells generated can be directly administered to patients.
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A Protocol for Using Gene Set Enrichment Analysis to Identify the Appropriate Animal Model for Translational Research
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2017
We provide a standardized protocol for the use of gene set enrichment analysis of transcriptomic data to identify an ideal mouse model for translational research. This protocol can be used with DNA microarray and RNA sequencing data and can further be extended to other omics data if data are available.
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Selection can exploit differences in cell size, density, or adherence. These properties allow a heterogeneous sample to be partitioned or handled under conditions that favor the desired population over unwanted cells. Choosing a physical basis is useful when the target population can be distinguished without relying on a specific biological marker, supporting preparation for downstream developmental analysis.
Biological markers, including cell-surface proteins, provide a way to distinguish cells by identity rather than physical characteristics alone. A protocol can use marker differences to retain or expand the population of interest while reducing other populations. This is especially relevant when developmental samples contain closely related cells whose size or density may not clearly separate them.
Selective expansion increases the representation of cells that share a developmental identity or behavior, making their properties easier to examine. By reducing the relative contribution of unwanted populations, researchers can analyze lineage specification and differentiation with greater resolution. The resulting preparation can also support studies of how developmental signals influence cell fate within a more focused cellular population.
A practical workflow begins with a heterogeneous sample, identifies a distinguishing feature of the desired population, and applies a separation or selective-growth strategy based on that feature. The enriched preparation is then used for focused analysis of identity, behavior, or function. The specific route depends on whether size, density, surface proteins, adherence, or growth conditions best distinguish the cells.
Enriched populations can provide more focused material for imaging, molecular profiling, and functional assays. They can also support examination of cellular identity, behavior, and function without the same degree of interference from unwanted populations. In developmental biology, these analyses help connect cell characteristics with lineage specification, differentiation, migration, and tissue formation.
This approach is particularly useful when a developmental sample contains multiple populations but the research question concerns one lineage, differentiated state, or cellular behavior. Enrichment can improve resolution during studies of lineage specification, migration, differentiation, and tissue formation. It also helps generate more reproducible preparations for comparing how developmental signals affect cell fate.