Background Cell culture technology has spread prolifically within a century, a variety of
culture media has been designed. This review goes through the history, characteristics and …

▪ Abstract Selenoprotein P is an abundant extracellular glycoprotein that is rich in
selenocysteine. It has two domains with respect to selenium content. The N-terminal domain …

Since the publication of the sixth edition of this benchmark text, numerous advances in the
field have been made–particularly in stem cells, 3D culture, scale-up, STR profiling, and …

A human hepatoma cell line, HuH-7, which was established from a hepatocellular
carcinoma, was found to replicate continuously in a chemically defined medium when the …

The rat neuroblastoma B104 cell line, which originated in the central nervous system, was
able to proliferate in the absence of serum in synthetic medium supplemented with insulin …

Selenium is an essential dietary component for animals including humans, and there is
increasing evidence for the efficacy of certain forms of selenium as cancer-chemopreventive …

Mammalian thioredoxin reductases (TrxR) are dimers homologous to glutathione reductase
with a selenocysteine (SeCys) residue in the conserved C-terminal sequence-Gly-Cys …

Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient that has several important functions in animal
and human health. The biological functions of Se are carried out by selenoproteins …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews culture media and their applications are
addressed primarily to the use of cell culture as an experimental tool in fields of research …

Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are presently being evaluated for their therapeutic
potential in clinical studies to treat various diseases, disorders, and injuries. To date, early …