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Quantification of Mouse Hematopoietic Progenitors' Formation Using Time-lapse Microscopy and Image Analysis.

ABSTRACT: In vitro differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) towards blood cells constitutes a well-established system to study the endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition (EHT) at the onset of blood development. Assessing the emergence of small non-adherent round blood cells in the culture without disturbing it is essential to evaluate the progression of EHT and also to test conditions potentially enhancing or repressing this process. Here, we describe how to quantify the formation of mouse hematopoietic progenitors during EHT in normal conditions or following over-expression of eight essential transcription factors using time-lapse microscopy and image analysis.

SUBMITTER: Bergiers I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6331043 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

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Quantification of Mouse Hematopoietic Progenitors' Formation Using Time-lapse Microscopy and Image Analysis.

Bergiers Isabelle I Tischer Christian C Vargel Bölükbaşı Özge Ö Lancrin Christophe C

Bio-protocol 20190101 1

<i>In vitro</i> differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) towards blood cells constitutes a well-established system to study the endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition (EHT) at the onset of blood development. Assessing the emergence of small non-adherent round blood cells in the culture without disturbing it is essential to evaluate the progression of EHT and also to test conditions potentially enhancing or repressing this process. Here, we describe how to quantify the formation of ...[more]

PMID: 30652115

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