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ArticleEinstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2020

Comparison of senescence progression in mesenchymal cells from human umbilical cord walls measured by immunofluorescence and flow cytometry of p16 and p21.

Aline da Silva, Carla de Azevedo Piccinato, Luiz Roberto Sardinha, Thiago Pinheiro Arrais Aloia, Anna Carla Goldberg

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Article in Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aline da SilvaHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6311-3243
Carla de Azevedo PiccinatoHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2872-5957
Luiz Roberto SardinhaHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-129X
Thiago Pinheiro Arrais AloiaHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6913-8989
Anna Carla GoldbergHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2600-7940
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo follow the expansion of mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cords by two classic senescence markers, p16 (INK4A) and p21 (CDKN1A), using practical, fast, and less expensive methods than the gold standard Western blotting technique, to evaluate its applicability in the laboratory.

methodsMesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cords were isolated from Wharton's jelly and, after quality control, morphological and immunophenotypic characterization by flow cytometry, were expanded in culture until coming close to cell cycle arrest (replicative senescence).

resultsA comparison was made between young cells, at passage 5, and pre-senescent cells, at passage 10, evaluating the protein expression of the classic cell senescence markers p16 and p21, comparing the results obtained by Western blotting with those obtained by flow cytometry and indirect immunofluorescence.

conclusionFollow-up of cell cultures, through indirect p16 immunofluorescence, allows the identification of mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cord cultures at risk of reaching replicative senescence.

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceBiomarkersBlotting, WesternCells, CulturedCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21Flow CytometryFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsUmbilical CordBiomarkersCDKN1A protein, humanCDKN2A protein, humanCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21

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PMID33084793
PMCPMC7546682
OpenAlexW3092193422

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