The influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay

Our work cautions against the use of serum-supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay when using chemoattractants other than FBS. At 24 h, a 5% foetal bovine serum (FBS) gradient caused BV2 microglia to migrate toward the lower compartment of the transwell apparatus. Interestingly, FB...

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Main Authors: Omar Zaki, Siti Sarah, Kanesan, Livashini, Leong, Ming Yeh Danielle, Vidyadaran, Sharmili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82524/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82524/1/The%20influence%20of%20serum.pdf
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author Omar Zaki, Siti Sarah
Kanesan, Livashini
Leong, Ming Yeh Danielle
Vidyadaran, Sharmili
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Kanesan, Livashini
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Vidyadaran, Sharmili
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description Our work cautions against the use of serum-supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay when using chemoattractants other than FBS. At 24 h, a 5% foetal bovine serum (FBS) gradient caused BV2 microglia to migrate toward the lower compartment of the transwell apparatus. Interestingly, FBS-supplemented media in the absence of a gradient also resulted in notable microglia migration. Serum can therefore confound the interpretation of a transwell migration assay when another chemoattractant is used.
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spelling upm-825242020-10-16T20:20:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82524/ The influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay Omar Zaki, Siti Sarah Kanesan, Livashini Leong, Ming Yeh Danielle Vidyadaran, Sharmili Our work cautions against the use of serum-supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay when using chemoattractants other than FBS. At 24 h, a 5% foetal bovine serum (FBS) gradient caused BV2 microglia to migrate toward the lower compartment of the transwell apparatus. Interestingly, FBS-supplemented media in the absence of a gradient also resulted in notable microglia migration. Serum can therefore confound the interpretation of a transwell migration assay when another chemoattractant is used. Wiley 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82524/1/The%20influence%20of%20serum.pdf Omar Zaki, Siti Sarah and Kanesan, Livashini and Leong, Ming Yeh Danielle and Vidyadaran, Sharmili (2019) The influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay. Cell Biology International, 43 (10). pp. 1201-1204. ISSN 1065-6995; ESSN: 1095-8355 10.1002/cbin.11122
spellingShingle Omar Zaki, Siti Sarah
Kanesan, Livashini
Leong, Ming Yeh Danielle
Vidyadaran, Sharmili
The influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay
title The influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay
title_full The influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay
title_fullStr The influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay
title_full_unstemmed The influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay
title_short The influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay
title_sort influence of serum‐supplemented culture media in a transwell migration assay
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82524/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82524/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82524/1/The%20influence%20of%20serum.pdf