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I have a breeding colony of Emu-TCL-1 mice (CLL model), and since this is a heterozygous model, I need to genotype my pups.
I have 2 different sets of primers and I have tried 4 different DNA extraction protocols (Proteinase K based, NaOH based, a ZymoClean kit and Phire kit (by Thermo Fischer)), but I couldn't get repeatable results. Also, the only enzyme I tried that gave any products is Phire, so this is the one I'm using.
I would very much appreciate any help or advise anyone who managed this model genotyping could give me.
Thanks!
All the 3 CLL DNA pellet was reddish. After isopropanol I made 2 washes with ethanol.
Dear colleagues,
We are planning to stimulate human derived B lymphocyte (CLL cells) in our lab. We would like to understand the role of activating the B-cell receptor (BCR) signalling in the cross-talk between the CLL cells and tissue microenvironment after a drug treatment. According to the literature and as far as I know, immobilised anti-IgM acts more effective compared with soluble antibody in activation of B cells.
I did a literature search and contacted different companies about immobilised anti-IgM, but I couldn't find any related product for my experiment.
Your advice or suggestions will be much appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.
Best Wishes
Erhan Aptullahoglu
Northern Institute for Cancer Research, UK
Your advice or suggestions will be much appreciated
The energy stored in tank elements (LCL\LCC\LLC\CLL) is required to maintain output current (i.e, discharging of tank elements) . How does the sizing of the tank elements account the discharging of resonant tank elements?
I wanted to start a project to test drugs on CLL cells. at this point i dont want to use sample from hospitals; therefore, I would like to know which commercial leukemia cell lines should be the best to work in this experimental field of research. Thanks for your advice.
Hi,
I used to work with T cells which I was told are much more resistant to cryopreservation. B cells on the other hand are apparently more sensitive and the viability after thawing is poor, particularly for CLL samples.
The frozen samples are obtained from collaborators so I do not know how they were frozen and I will not have control over that.
What I plan to do is aliquot 1mL of pre-warmed media into a Falcon tube. Thaw the cells in 37C quickly then transfer them into the media. Top up until 10mL and centrifuge at 1200rpm, 5 minutes, RT. Resuspend in 1mL, top up media to 10mL, repeat wash, transfer to T25 and incubate.
I also want to prevent as much aggregates/debris in the samples as I would need to use them for FISH experiments. If anyone has extensive experience working with B cells, could you tell me if slow/fast addition of media works better and what protocols you may have to achieve the best recovery. What is the % viability you would normally get from your methods?
Dear Researchers,
I need a comprehensive guideline to follow to determine analysis cut-off points (e.g.: number of nuclei per sample, percentages to consider a deletion present, false +/- testing for each probe since the % of hybridisation is different for each probe).
I am using Leica: TP53, LEU1, +12 and ATM mutations for my FISH experiments. So far the only one I have found that is of any use is this:
Does anyone have any other papers that may be useful/helpful for my purpose? Would be better if it was specific to CLL.
Thanks in advance.
Hi all,
I am trying to find the p53 mutation status of the HG3 CLL cell line through the most commonly used databases and papers available and had no luck so far.
Would anyone know whether this particular cell line expresses a wild type or mutated p53?
Many Thanks,
James
I am struggling with The XL DLEU/TP53 locus-specific probe (metasystem) detects deletions in the long arm of chromosome 13 and in the short arm of chromosome 17 in Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by FISH
Hi all,
We are exploring the potential for our compound scaffolds to target p53 variants in CLL. Would anyone have advice on the best way to find the mutational status of particular cancer cell lines?
Any advice/suggestions would be much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
James
I need to freeze primary CLL cells. Can anybody tell me the appropriate cell freezing media so that i can get better cell viability at the time of thawing and furthet culturing
Dear all,
I am working on the CLL cell line entitled "183-E95." After incubation of these cells with mAb anti-CD95 I observed high level expression of CD95. But, I am sure that my cells are totally alive and not undergone apoptosis. This state even seen in control groups. Thanks for any helpful comments.
Kind Reagrads
Alireza Goodarzi
After CLL relapse, what might we expect to observe in the genetics of the recurrent cancer?
I am using a anionic drug (490mg) plus an adjuvant (250mg of Polaxamer 188) in 100mL of ultrapure water (Solution A)
Then using a mother solution of an anionic polyssacharide (10mg) in 100mL (solution B)
I pick 25mL of A and 25mL of B (50mL final) and spray dry
But, when I spray dry (Buchi Nano Spray Dryer B-90), I cannot recover anything because all of these solids stay in the particle collector wall.
I am wondering that:
1) the solution (A+B) is too moist, because i am using 60 celsius.
2) the solution have high concentration of drug/adjuvant.
3) Polaxamer 188 is non-anionic and I using two anionic compounds). But all cationic adjuvants that i searched (I.e. benzalkonium hydrochloride) show high pulmonary toxicity.
I have two options that i can try:
1) Change the temperature (60 to 100 celsius to observe that the moist is the problem)
2) Change concentrations of Polaxamer 188.
Anyone can help?
I am doing content analysis of three newspapers. I have developed Coding Sheet for data collection from the three newspapers.
All items of coding sheet are based on categorical data. When calculate Reliability test. The result comes negative. The problem is my all item in the coding sheet separate variables and different from each others. Some variables have four options. Some have seven. Is there any possibility of calculating validity of categorical data???
I am interested in studying BCR signalling in CLL cells. I was hoping that someone might be able to recommend an anti-IgM antibody that they have used successfully to stimulate CLL cells.
Thanks.
We have employed the telomere length assay kit provided by Roche Company. Unfortunately, after trying several times, we could not obtain any result. DNA is first extracted from lymphocyte of CLL patients and then digested according to the protocol, electrophoresis and transfer to the nylon membrane are implemented manually .Finally, with all steps being done, the marker bands can be observed on the X-ray films, while the telomere smear is absent. However, our first attempt, juxtaposing the membrane with the film, led to complete darkness of the markers, therefore we decreased the exposure time to 10 and 5 minutes in our later attempts. It is also noticeable; that the control DNA provided by kit itself also never showed the telomere smear in any our experiments. In another attempt, we extended the digestion time from 2 hours to overnight and again obtained no result. Regarding the fact that the kit is so expensive and difficult to procure and also the limited number of reactions which could be implemented, we would like to ask you to provide us with any probable solutions to such problems.
I am trying to show changes in CD38 expression in CLL cells as a result of treatment with Acitretin. I want to know how long to treat the cells for.
I am struggling with detecting 17p deletion in Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by FISH - IS using BAC ( bacterial artificial chromosome) with ImageStream X (Amnis), otherwise centro-mere probes works well.
Many thanks,
Cheers,
Cuc
I have been trying to transduce primary CLL cells with virus made using psPAX2 and pMD2.G plasmids. The virus I have generated works because I have managed to transduce HEK cells as well as the CLL cell line MEC-1. However, I haven't had any success with primary CLL cells. I have tested different polybrene concentrations, concentrating the viral supernatant in an ultracentrifuge as well spinnoculation without any luck.
If anyone has any suggestions or even better a protocol that they would be willing to share I would be most grateful.
Thanks
Nick
I am trying to establish a co-culture system for patient-derived CLL cells. I am planning on using a BMSC cell line and I see from the literature that CD40L or IL4 are usually required. Has anyone tried using the supernatant of another cell line that produces these factors instead of adding purified factors in the media?
Anionic, cationic and neutral.
I am working on a case report and it makes a difference if the patient is considered immunocompetent or immunosuppressed. I thought this would be easy to answer but not after I read an article regarding immune impairment in successfully treated lymphoma patients. Those, however, were patients of Hodgkins' and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and I could not find similar data in CLL.