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ArticleScientific reports2014

Trend of telomerase activity change during human iPSC self-renewal and differentiation revealed by a quartz crystal microbalance based assay.

Yitian Zhou, Ping Zhou, Yinqiang Xin, Jie Wang, Zhiqiang Zhu, Ji Hu, Shicheng Wei, Hongwei Ma

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Article in Scientific reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yitian ZhouDivision of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China.
Ping Zhou1] Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China [2] Center for Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, P.R. China.
Yinqiang XinDivision of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China.
Jie WangDivision of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China.
Zhiqiang ZhuDivision of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China.
Ji HuDivision of Endocrinology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, P. R. China.
Shicheng Wei1] Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China [2] Center for Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, P.R. China.
Hongwei MaDivision of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China.
Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNPeking University · CNSoochow University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomerase plays an important role in governing the life span of cells for its capacity to extend telomeres. As high activity of telomerase has been found in stem cells and cancer cells specifically, various methods have been developed for the evaluation of telomerase activity. To overcome the time-consuming procedures and complicated manipulations of existing methods, we developed a novel method named Telomeric Repeat Elongation Assay based on Quartz crystal microbalance (TREAQ) to monitor telomerase activity during the self-renewal and differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). TREAQ results indicated hiPSCs possess invariable telomerase activity for 11 passages on Matrigel and a steady decline of telomerase activity when differentiated for different periods, which is confirmed with existing golden standard method. The pluripotency of hiPSCs during differentiation could be estimated through monitoring telomerase activity and compared with the expression levels of markers of pluripotency gene via quantitative real time PCR. Regular assessment for factors associated with pluripotency or stemness was expensive and requires excessive sample consuming, thus TREAQ could be a promising alternative technology for routine monitoring of telomerase activity and estimate the pluripotency of stem cells.

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Cell DifferentiationQuartz Crystal Microbalance TechniquesCell LineEnzyme ActivationHeLa CellsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsTelomeraseTelomerase

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