IL-6 promotes pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells and regulates cardiac differentiation in a development-dependent manner.

Interleukin 6 (IL-6), an important component of cardiac microenvironment, favors cardiac repair by improving cardiomyocyte regeneration in different models. This study aimed to investigate the effects of IL-6 on stemness maintenances and cardiac differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). The mESCs were treated with IL-6 for two days, and then subjected to CCK-8 essay for proliferation analysis and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) to evaluate the mRNA expression of genes related to stemness and germinal layers differentiation.

[Effect of on Bacterial Stress Response and Intracellular Infection and Immunity].

Objective: To investigate the effect of ( ) on bacterial stress response and intracellular infection and immunity.

Methods: The target gene amplified from H37Rv genome was cloned to the vector and then transferred to ( ) to construct a recombinant strain. Stress response experiment and Raw264.

Cardiac fibroblast paracrine factors modulate mouse embryonic stem cells.

The study aims to investigate the effects of cardiac fibroblast (CF) paracrine factors on murine embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Conditioned mediums from either neonatal cardiac fibroblasts (ConM-NCF) or adult cardiac fibroblasts (ConM-ACF) were diluted by 1:50 and 1:5, respectively, to investigate whether these conditioned mediums impact murine ESCs distinctly with RT-real time PCR techniques, cell proliferation essay, ELISA and by counting percentage of beating embryoid bodies (EBs) during ESCs differentiation. The data showed that the paracrine ability of CFs changed dramatically during development, in which interleukin 6 (IL6) increased with maturation.

[Preliminary Study on the Secretory Performance of Hypoxic Response Protein 1 (2626)].

Objective: To verify the secretory ability of the hypoxic response protein 1 (HRP1) encoded by (Mtb) 2626.

Methods: The target gene attached with His tag was amplified from the genome of Mtb standard virulence strain H37Rv. The recombinant plasmid contained the above amplified product was constructed and electroporated into (Ms) (MC 155) to construct a recombinant strain.

Diosgenin Glucoside Protects against Spinal Cord Injury by Regulating Autophagy and Alleviating Apoptosis.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe traumatic lesion of central nervous system (CNS) with only a limited number of restorative therapeutic options. Diosgenin glucoside (DG), a major bioactive ingredient of Max., possesses neuroprotective effects through its antioxidant and anti-apoptotic functions.