Immortalization of human osteoblast by transferring hTERT gene

XX Yin, ZQ Chen, ZQ Guo, GD Dang, QJ Ma… - Zhonghua yi xue za …, 2003 - europepmc.org
To establish an immortalized osteoblast cell line used for basal and clinical research of
orthopaedics. Human marrow stromal cells (hMSCs) had been inducted into osteoblasts …

Human telomerase reverse transcriptase gene-transfected effects on biological characteristics of Schwann cells

L Liu, W Deng - Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2015 - cjter.com
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that genetically modified Schwann cells can survive
for a longer time in vivo, and promote nerve regeneration and functional recovery …

Providing Experimental Support for Mtert as an Adult Neural Stem Cell Marker Using a Triple Transgenic Mouse Line

CD Curtis - 2017 - digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu
Mouse telomerase reverse transcriptase (mTERT) is a gene that is expressed by cells that
need to continually divide without the characteristic shortening of telomeres that …

The proximal promoter region of mTert is sufficient to regulate telomerase activity in ES cells and transgenic animals

E Pericuesta, MA Ramírez, A Villa-Diaz… - Reproductive Biology …, 2006 - Springer
Background The reverse transcriptase of telomerase (Tert) controls telomerase activity
maintaining the end of linear chromosomes in eukaryotic cells. Telomerase function is highly …

Inhibitory effect of antisense human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) on telomerase activity of human pulmonary giant cell carcinoma cell line (PLA-801D)

XB Ma, WD Han, HJ Hao, Q Li, ZM Xu… - Ai Zheng= Aizheng …, 2003 - europepmc.org
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Telomerase has been thought to play an important role in
the carcinogenesis in recent years. Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is a …

Changes of telomerase activity during differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells into adipocytes

LD TANG - Academic Journal of Second Military Medical …, 2011 - pesquisa.bvsalud.org
Objective: To study the telomerase activity changes during the differentiation of human
mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into adipocytes and the related mechanism. Methods …

Immediate and gradual gene expression changes in telomerase over-expressing fibroblasts

DJ Daniels, C Clothier, DC Swan, G Saretzki - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Most human somatic cells contain no or very low levels of telomerase. The over-expression
of the catalytic subunit (hTERT) of human telomerase is a common method to generate cells …

Effects of telomerase modulation in human hematopoietic progenitor cells

S Zimmermann, S Glaser, R Ketteler, CF Waller… - Stem Cells, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Loss of telomeric repeats has been causally linked to replicative senescence and aging in
human cells. In contrast to normal somatic cells, which are telomerase‐negative …

Telomerase activity is downregulated early during human brain development

A Ishaq, PS Hanson, CM Morris, G Saretzki - Genes, 2016 - mdpi.com
Changes in hTERT splice variant expression have been proposed to facilitate the decrease
of telomerase activity during fetal development in various human tissues. Here, we analyzed …

Expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase in bone marrow CD34+ cells from patients with β‐thalassemia major

X Li, Y Qu, M Mao, F Yu, Q Li, Y Hua, D Mu - Transfusion, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Normal stem cells usually express a low level of telomerase activity that
serves to stabilize the chromosomes during cell division and helps prevent cell senescence …