Description

Cultrex®BasementMembraneExtract(BME)isasolubleformofbasementmembranepurifiedfromEngelbreth-Holm-Swarm(EHS)tumor.Thisextractprovidesanaturalextracellularmatrixhydrogelthatpolymerizesat37°Ctoformareconstitutedbasementmembrane.Basementmembranesarecontinuoussheetsofspecializedextracellularmatrixthatformaninterfacebetweenendothelial,epithelial,muscle,orneuronalcellsandtheiradjacentstromaandthatplayanessentialroleintissueorganizationbyinfluencingcelladhesion,migration,proliferation,anddifferentiation.ThemajorcomponentsofBMEincludelaminin,collagenIV,entactin,andheparansulfateproteoglycans.

Cultrex®RGFBMEisaBasementMembraneMatrix thathasbeendeveloped,producedandqualifiedforgeneralcellcultureapplications. Cultrex®RGFBMEisprocessedtoreducematrix-associatedgrowthfactorsandprovideamoredefinedmodelsystem.

Qualitycontrolspecifications:

• Mousecoloniesareroutinelyscreenedforpathogensusing mouseantibodyproduction(MAP)testing.
• Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm(EHS)tumorisLDEV-free.
• PathClear®–testednegativebyPCRfor17bacterialandvirusstrainstypicallyincludedinmouseantibodyproduction(MAP)testing,plus13additionalmurineinfectiousagentsincludingLDEV,foratotalof31organismsandviruses.
• Nobacterialorfungalgrowthdetectedafterincubationat37°Cfor14daysfollowingUSPsterilitytestingguidelines.
• Endotoxinconcentration≤8EU/mlbyLimulusAmoebocyteLysate(LAL)assay.
• Proteinconcentrationof12–18mg/ml.
• NomycoplasmacontaminationdetectedbyPCR.
• ProvidedinDulbecco’sModifiedEagle’smedium(DMEM)withoutphenolred,with10µg/mlgentamicinsulfate.
• GelstABIlitytestedforaperiodof14daysat37°C.
• BIOLOGicalactivitydeterminedforeachlot:
  • Tubeformationassay–BMEpromotesformationofcapillary-likestructuresbyhuman(HBMVEC;HUVEC)ormouse(SVEC4-10)endothelialcells.

GPERMediatesActivationofHIF1{alpha}/VEGFSignalingbyEstrogens
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Vesicle-associatedMembraneProtein2(VAMP2)butNotVAMP3MediatescAMP-stimulatedTraffickingoftheRenalNa+-K+-2Cl-Co-transporterNKCC2inThickAscendingLimbs
PauloS.Caceres,MarielaMendez,andPabloA.Ortiz
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TheM33GProtein-CoupledReceptorEncodedbyMurineCytomegalovirusIsDispensableforHematogenousDisseminationbutIsRequiredforGrowthwithintheSalivaryGland
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J.Virol.,Oct2014;88:11811–11824.
http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/20/11811

ImmunoevasivePericytesFromHumanPluripotentStemCellsPreferentiallyModulateInductionofAllogeneicRegulatoryTCells
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StemCellsTransMed,Oct2014;3:1169–1181.
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PTENinhibitsPREX2-catalyzedactivationofRAC1torestraintumorcellinvasion
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Hum.Reprod.,Apr2015;30:800–811.
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/30/4/800

“TheHippoPathwayEffectorYAPRegulatesMotility,
Invasion,andCastration-ResistantGrowthofProstate
CancerCells”
“LinZhang,ShupingYang,XingchengChen,SethStauffer,FangYu,SubodhM.Lele,
KaiFu,KaustubhDatta,NicholasPalermo,YuanhongChen,andJixinDong”
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http://mcb.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/35/8/1350

ConditionedMediumFromHumanAmnioticMesenchymalStromalCellsLimitsInfarctSizeandEnhancesAngiogenesis
“PatriziaDanieli,GiuseppeMalpasso,MariaChiaraCiuffreda,ELISAbettaCervio,LauraCalvillo,FrancescoCopes,FedericaPisano,ManuelaMura,LennaertKleijn,
RudolfA.deBoer,GianlucaViarengo,VittorioRosti,ArsenioSpinillo,MariannaRoccio,andMassimilianoGnecchi”
StemCellsTransMed,May2015;4:448–458.
http://stemcellstm.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content/abstract/4/5/448

LossofPPARinendothelialcellsleadstoimpairedangiogenesis
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http://jcs.biologists.org/cgi/content/abstract/129/4/693

“FluorescentImage–GuidedSurgerywithanAnti-ProstateStemCell
Antigen(PSCA)DiabodyEnablesTargetedResectionofMouseProstateCancerXenograftsinRealTime”
GeoffreyA.Sonn,AndrewS.Behesnilian,ZiyueKarenJiang,KirstinA.Zettlitz,EricJ.Lepin,LaurentA.Bentolila,ScottM.Knowles,DanielLawrence,AnnaM.Wu,andRobertE.Reiter
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http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/6/1403

“Grainyhead-like2downstreamtargetsacttosuppressepithelialto-
mesenchymaltransitionduringneuraltubeclosure”
HeatherJ.RayandLeeA.Niswander
Development,Apr2016;143:1192–1204.
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“SrcasaTherapeuticTargetinBiliaryTractCancer”
“Ah-RongNam,Ji-WonKim,JiEunPark,Ju-HeeBang,MeiHuaJin,Kyung-HunLee,Tae-YongKim,
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Vesicle-associatedMembraneProtein3(VAMP3)MediatesConstitutiveTraffickingoftheRenalCo-transporterNKCC2inThickAscendingLimbs:ROLEINRENALFUNCTIONANDBLOODPRESSURE
PauloS.Caceres,MarielaMendez,MohammedZ.Haque,andPabloA.Ortiz
J.Biol.Chem.,Oct2016;291:22063–22073
http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/291/42/22063

TransposonmutagenesisidentifiesgenesthatcooperatewithmutantPteninbreastcancerprogression
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PNAS,Nov2016;113:E7749–E7758.
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/113/48/E7749

“PreclinicalEfficacyoftheAuristatin-BasedAntibody–DrugConjugate
BAY1187982fortheTreatmentofFGFR2-PositiveSolidTumors”
“AnetteSommer,CharlotteKopitz,ChristophA.Schatz,CarlF.Nising,ChristophMahlert,Hans-Georg
Lerchen,BeatrixStelte-Ludwig,StefanieHammer,SimoneGreven,JoachimSchuhmacher,Manuela
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http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/21/6331

“WntSignalingPromotesBreastCancerbyBlockingITCH-Mediated
DegradationofYAP/TAZTranscriptionalCoactivatorWBP2”
“ShenKiatLim,SsuYiLu,Shin-AeKang,HockJinTan,ZilinLi,ZhenNingAdrianWee,JyeSweiGuan,
VishnuPriyankaReddyChichili,J.Sivaraman,ThomasPutti,AyeAyeThike,PuayHoonTan,Marius
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http://carcin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/bgu018v2

HarvestofSuperficialLayersofFatWithaMicrocannulaandIsolationofADIposeTissue-DerivedStromalandVascularCells
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