A solution to prevent secondary flow in adherent cell cultures
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Abstract
cell culture format is dominated by circular topology vessels, with the inherent disadvantage of secondary flow induced each time the cell cultures are repositioned. The secondary flow generates uneven sedimentation and adherence that negatively impacts cell culture quality. Here we show a modification of the circular culture vessel that abrogates these disturbances. Cell culture wells were augmented with a central column to diminish secondary flow. Human carcinoma cell lines (BeWo, JEG-3), mesenchymal stem cells [human umbilical cord perivascular cells (HUCPVC)] and mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) were cultured in both column-augmented and regular culture wells. Human carcinoma cell cultures showed even cell densities and significantly more viable cells in column-augmented vessels. In FTM HUCPVC cultures, cell surface MSC marker (CD90, CD105) expression and cell differentiation-related gene expression patterns were significantly more homogeneous in column-augmented vessels. MEF cells in column-augmented culture vessels showed a more consistent expression of IGF-1. Column-augmented cell culture vessels significantly improve the homogeneity of adherent cell cultures by mitigating the adverse effect of the secondary flow.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.002 |
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