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Glycosaminoglycan sulphation motif patterns as biomarkers of stem cell differentiation and proliferation

ReferenceBBS/B/15414
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Bruce Caterson
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Clare Hughes, Dr Debbie Tudor
Institution Cardiff University
DepartmentSchool of Biosciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 196,825
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/05/2004
End date 30/04/2007
Duration36 months

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify monoclonal antibody reagents that recognise specific sulphation motifs in glycosaminoglycans that are differentially expressed on proteoglycans during stem cell differentiation and proliferation. We hypothesise that these motifs facilitate the binding of different combinations of growth factors, cytokines and enzymes that regulate subsequent cell differentiation and/or proliferation. These reagents will be used to detect biomarker patterns of different stages of cell differentiation and thereby monitor the efficacy of different culture procedures used to maintain stem cells or drive them through differentiation pathways into tissue-specific cell lineages.

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Committee Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Stem Cell Science and Engineering Initiative (SCE) [2003-2005]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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