Orthotopic mouse lung transplantation as experimental methodology to study transplant and tumor biology.

abstract：:Venous access catheters used in clinics are prone to biofilm contamination, contributing to chronic and nosocomial infections. Although several animal models for studying device-associated biofilms were previously described, only a few detailed protocols are currently available. Here we provide a protocol using totall...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Chauhan A,Ghigo JM,Beloin C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPylation (adenylylation) has been recognized as an important post-translational modification that is used by pathogens to regulate host cellular proteins and their associated signaling pathways. AMPylation has potential functions in various cellular processes, and it is widely conserved across both prokaryotes and e...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Yu X,LaBaer J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we present a protocol for labeling aliphatic carboxylic acids with the positron-emitting radionuclide 11C (t(1/2) = 20.4 min) at the carboxyl position using [11C]carbon monoxide via photoinitiated free radical-mediated carbonylation. A solution of an alkyl iodide in a homogenous binary organic solvent-water mixtu...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Itsenko O,Kihlberg T,Långström B

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane-permeant fluorogenic biarsenicals FlAsH-EDT(2) and ReAsH-EDT(2) can be prepared in good yields by a straightforward two-step procedure from the inexpensive precursor dyes fluorescein and resorufin, respectively. Handling of toxic reagents such as arsenic trichloride is minimized so the synthesis can be ca...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Adams SR,Tsien RY

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Various attempts have been made to replicate clinical TBI using animal models. The fluid-percussion model (FP) is one of the oldest and most commonly used models of experimentally induced TBI. Both central (CFP) and lateral (LFP) variations of t...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Kabadi SV,Hilton GD,Stoica BA,Zapple DN,Faden AI

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise identification of sites of RNA modification is key to studying the functional role of such modifications in the regulation of gene expression and for elucidating relevance to diverse physiological processes. tRNA reduction and cleavage sequencing (TRAC-Seq) is a chemically based approach for the unbiased globa...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Lin S,Liu Q,Jiang YZ,Gregory RI

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optogenetic tools provide users the ability to photocontrol the activity of cells. Commonly, activation is achieved by expression of proteins from photosynthetic organisms, for example, microbial opsins (e.g., ChR2). Alternatively, a sister approach, synthetic optogenetics, enables photocontrol over proteins of mammal...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Carmi I,De Battista M,Maddalena L,Carroll EC,Kienzler MA,Berlin S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pollen tube is an excellent single-cell model system for studying cellular processes in plant cell biology. This protocol describes a detailed step-by-step procedure with optimized conditions for introducing various fluorescent reporter proteins into lily, tobacco and Arabidopsis pollen grains by means of biolisti...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Wang H,Jiang L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse embryo hindbrain is a robust and adaptable model for studying sprouting angiogenesis. It permits the spatiotemporal analysis of organ vascularization in normal mice and in mouse strains with genetic mutations that result in late embryonic or perinatal lethality. Unlike postnatal models such as retinal angiog...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Fantin A,Vieira JM,Plein A,Maden CH,Ruhrberg C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ mRNA hybridization is one of the most powerful techniques for analyzing patterns of gene expression. However, its usefulness is limited in complex plant tissues by the need to fix, embed and section samples before localizing the desired mRNA. Here we present a robust whole-mount in situ hybridization method th...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Rozier F,Mirabet V,Vernoux T,Das P

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic instability of stem cells in culture, caused by their routine in vitro propagation or by their genetic manipulation, is deleterious both for their clinical application and for their use in basic research. Frequent evaluation of the genomic integrity of stem cells is thus required, and it is usually perform...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Ben-David U,Mayshar Y,Benvenisty N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although differences in protein staining intensity can often be visualized by difference gel electrophoresis, abundant proteins can obscure less abundant proteins, and quantification of post-translational modifications is difficult. We present a protocol for quantifying changes in the abundance of a specific protein o...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Asara JM,Zhang X,Zheng B,Maroney LA,Christofk HR,Wu N,Cantley LC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association studies can focus on candidate gene(s), a particular genomic region, or adopt a genome-wide association approach, each of which has implications for marker selection. The strategy for marker selection will affect the statistical power of the study to detect a disease association and is a crucial element of...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Pettersson FH,Anderson CA,Clarke GM,Barrett JC,Cardon LR,Morris AP,Zondervan KT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen-mimetic peptides and lipopeptides are widely used as substrates for matrix degrading enzymes, as new biomaterials for tissue engineering, as drug delivery systems and so on. However, the preparation and subsequent purification of these peptides and their fatty-acid conjugates are really challenging. Herein, w...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Banerjee J,Hanson AJ,Muhonen WW,Shabb JB,Mallik S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multipotent neural crest stem cells (NCSCs) have the potential to generate a wide range of cell types including melanocytes; peripheral neurons; and smooth muscle, bone, cartilage and fat cells. This protocol describes in detail how to perform a highly efficient, lineage-specific differentiation of human pluripotent c...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Menendez L,Kulik MJ,Page AT,Park SS,Lauderdale JD,Cunningham ML,Dalton S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation plays important roles in various aspects of cellular events. Visualization of site-specific phosphorylation in cells is of great importance not only to analyze spatial and temporal distribution but also to investigate biological function. Now, site- and phosphorylation state-specific antibodies...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Goto H,Inagaki M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein called 'small ubiquitin-like modifier' (SUMO) is post-translationally linked to target proteins at the ɛ-amino group of lysine residues. This 'SUMOylation' alters the behavior of the target protein, a change that is utilized to regulate diverse cellular processes. Understanding the target-specific conseque...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Tammsalu T,Matic I,Jaffray EG,Ibrahim AF,Tatham MH,Hay RT

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, about 21 nucleotides in length, noncoding, regulatory RNA molecules representing a new layer in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Intensive miRNA research has necessitated the development of effective miRNA detection methods such as northern analyses, quantitative real-t...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Várallyay E,Burgyán J,Havelda Z

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Top-down proteomics (TDP) by mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique by which intact proteins are analyzed. It has become increasingly popDesalting and concentrating GELFrEEular in translational research because of the value of characterizing distinct proteoforms of intact proteins. Compared to bottom-up proteomics (BUP...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Toby TK,Fornelli L,Srzentić K,DeHart CJ,Levitsky J,Friedewald J,Kelleher NL

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The terminal monosaccharide of cell surface glycoconjugates is typically a sialic acid (SA), and aberrant sialylation is involved in several diseases. Several methodological approaches in sample preparation and subsequent analysis using mass spectrometry (MS) have enabled the identification of glycosylation sites and ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Palmisano G,Lendal SE,Engholm-Keller K,Leth-Larsen R,Parker BL,Larsen MR

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Golgi apparatus undergoes extensive disassembly during mitosis and reassembly in post-mitotic daughter cells. This process has been mimicked in vitro by treating Golgi membranes with mitotic and interphase cytosol. To determine the minimal machinery that controls the morphological change, we have developed a defin...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Tang D,Xiang Y,Wang Y

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we describe a protocol that uses hollow-fiber flow field-flow fractionation (FFF) coupled with multiangle light scattering (MALS) for hydrodynamic size-based separation and characterization of complex protein aggregates. The fractionation method, which requires 1.5 h to run, was successfully modified from the a...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Tanase M,Zolla V,Clement CC,Borghi F,Urbanska AM,Rodriguez-Navarro JA,Roda B,Zattoni A,Reschiglian P,Cuervo AM,Santambrogio L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a protocol for easy isolation and culture of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) to supply every researcher with a method that can be applied in cell biology laboratories with minimum equipment. Endothelial cells (ECs) are isolated from umbilical vein vascular wall by a collagenase treatment, t...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Baudin B,Bruneel A,Bosselut N,Vaubourdolle M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol represents a novel enzyme-luminescence method to detect dopamine sensitively and rapidly with high temporal resolution. In principle, dopamine is first oxidized with tyramine oxidase to produce H(2)O(2), and then the produced H(2)O(2) reacts with luminol to generate chemiluminescence in the presence of h...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Shinohara H,Wang F,Hossain SM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the version of this protocol originally published, the caption for Fig. 3 was erroneously placed with Fig. 4, and that for Fig. 4 was placed with Fig. 3. This error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Cruz-Acuña R,Quirós M,Huang S,Siuda D,Spence JR,Nusrat A,García AJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotransmitter release is triggered by membrane depolarization, Ca(2+) influx and Ca(2+) sensing by the release machinery, causing synaptic vesicle (SV) fusion with the plasma membrane. Interlinked is a complex membrane cycle in which vesicles are tethered to the release site, primed, fused and recycled. As many of ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Burgalossi A,Jung S,Man KN,Nair R,Jockusch WJ,Wojcik SM,Brose N,Rhee JS

更新日期：2012-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes an in vitro approach for measuring the kinetics and affinities of interactions between membrane-anchored proteins. This method is particularly established for dissecting the interaction dynamics of cytokines with their receptor subunits. For this purpose, the receptor subunits are tethered in a...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Gavutis M,Lata S,Piehler J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-insert BAC (bacterial artificial chromosome) and BIBAC (binary BAC) libraries are essential for modern genomics research for all organisms. We helped pioneer the BAC and BIBAC technologies, and by using them we have constructed hundreds of BAC and BIBAC libraries for different species of plants, animals, marine ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Zhang HB,Scheuring CF,Zhang M,Zhang Y,Wu CC,Dong JJ,Li Y

更新日期：2012-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:As proteins within cells are spatially organized according to their role, knowledge about protein localization gives insight into protein function. Here, we describe the LOPIT technique (localization of organelle proteins by isotope tagging) developed for the simultaneous and confident determination of the steady-stat...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Sadowski PG,Dunkley TP,Shadforth IP,Dupree P,Bessant C,Griffin JL,Lilley KS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudo-afferent cervical lymph-duct cannulation in a sheep model allows large amounts of lymph cells to be collected under physiological conditions, carrying immune signaling information from the head tissues, including oro-nasal mucosae. Importantly, large quantities of dendritic cells (DCs) of several subtypes are o...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Schwartz-Cornil I,Epardaud M,Bonneau M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00