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Isolating Intestinal Stem Cells from Adult Drosophila Midguts by FACS to Study Stem Cell Behavior During Aging
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Isolating Intestinal Stem Cells from Adult Drosophila Midguts by FACS to Study Stem Cell Behavior During Aging
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10:57 min

December 16, 2014

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:31Preparation of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Dissection of the Midgut
  • 03:14Digestion of the Midgut Tissue to Harvest Cells for FAC Sorting
  • 05:25FACS to Isolate Intestinal Stem Cells (ISC)
  • 08:52Results: Representative Analyses of the Sorted Cells
  • 10:17Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Understanding the endogenous molecular changes in adult stem cells during aging requires isolating the cells of interest. The method described here presents a simple and robust approach to enrich for and isolate Drosophila intestinal stem cells and the enteroblast progenitor cells by FACS at any time point during aging.

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