Ebadi R, Rabiee F, Kordi-Tamandani D, Nasr-Esfahani MH, Ghaedi K (2021) Fndc5 knockdown significantly decreased the expression of neurotrophins and their respective receptors during neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Hum Cell 34(3):847-861. doi: 10.1007/s13577-021-00517-z PMID: 33683654

Objective: To evaluate whether knockdown of Fibronectin type III domain-containing-5 (Fndc5) decreases neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) by affecting the neurotrophins and their receptor expression.

Summary: Results suggest that decreased efficiency of neural differentiation following the reduction of Fndc5 expression could be attributed to decreased levels of NGF and BDNF proteins in addition to their cognate receptors.

Usage: Western blot (1:4000)

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Qiu M, Li J, Tan L, Zhang M, Zhou G, Zeng T, Li A (2018) Targeted ablation of distal cerebrospinal fluid-contacting nucleus alleviates renal fibrosis in chronic kidney disease. Front Physiol 9:1640. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01640

Objective: To test the hypothesis that distal cerebrospinal fluid-contacting nucleus (dCSF-CNs) might affect the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in kidney injury progression.

Summary: Less CTB-labeled neurons were found in dCSF-CNs of CTB-SAP-treated rats. Meanwhile, CTB-SAP downregulated AGT, Ang II, AT1R, NOX2, catalase, MCP-1, IL-6, fibronectin, and collagen I, and upregulated ACE2 and Mas receptor. Targeted dCSF-CNs ablation could alleviate renal inflammation and fibrosis in chronic kidney injury.

Usage: CTB-SAP (500 ng) into the lateral ventricles over a 3-min period.

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