Preface ......................................................... v
Contributors ................................................... ix
1 The Culture of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and Formation
of Embryoid Bodies ........................................... 1
Melany Jackson, A. Helen Taylor, Elizabeth A. Jones, and
Lesley M. Forrester
2 Derivation of Primary Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (PMEF)
Cultures .................................................... 19
Alastair S. Garfield
3 Embryonic Skeletal Muscle Microexplant Culture and
Isolation of Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells ..................... 29
Janet Smith and Deborah Merrick
4 The Embryonic Kidney: Isolation, Organ Culture,
Immunostaining and RNA Interference ......................... 57
Jamie A. Davies
5 Explant Culture of Mouse Embryonic Whole Lung, Isolated
Epithelium, or Mesenchyme Under Chemically Defined
Conditions as a System to Evaluate the Molecular
Mechanism of Branching Morphogenesis and Cellular
Differentiation ............................................. 71
Pierre-Marie del Moral and David Warburton
6 Isolation, Culture, and Characterisation of Mouse
Embryonic Oesophagus and Intestine .......................... 81
Jonathan M. Quinlan, Wei-Yuan Yu, and David Tosh
7 Isolation and Culture of Embryonic Pancreas and Liver ....... 91
Zoë D. Burke, Wan-Chun Li, Jonathan M.W. Slack, and David
Tosh
8 Isolation and Culture of Mouse Satellite Cells ............. 101
Antonio Musarò and Laura Barberi
9 Analysis of Cardiac Myocyte Biology in Transgenic Mice:
A Protocol for Preparation of Neonatal Mouse Cardiac
Myocyte Cultures ........................................... 113
Nigel J. Brand, Enrique Lara-Pezzi, Nadia Rosenthal, and
Paul J.R. Barton
10 Short- and Long-Term Cultivation of Embryonic and
Neonatal Murine Keratinocytes .............................. 125
Reto Caldelari and Eliane J. Müller
11 Isolation, Culture and Analysis of Mouse Mammary
Epithelial Cells ........................................... 139
Matthew J. Smalley
12 Isolation and Culture of Mouse Pancreatic Islets for Ex
Vivo Imaging Studies with Trappable or Recombinant
Fluorescent Probes ......................................... 171
Magalie A. Ravier and Guy A. Rutter
13 Isolation and Culture of Adult Mouse Hepatocytes ........... 185
Wan-Chun Li, Kate L. Ralphs, and David Tosh
14 Isolation and Culture of Mouse Intestinal Cells ............ 197
Charles Frederick Campbell
15 Derivation of Primary Choroid Plexus Epithelial Cells
from the Mouse ............................................. 207
Trevelyan R. Menheniott, Marika Charalambous, and Andrew
Ward
16 The Preparation of Primary Cortical Neuron Cultures and
a Practical Application Using Immunofluorescent
Cytochemistry .............................................. 221
Carla Sciarretta and Liliana Minichiello
17 Cell Culture of Primary Cerebellar Granule Cells ........... 233
Dana Krämer and Liliana Minichiello
18 Isolation and Generation of Neurosphere Cultures from
Embryonic and Adult Mouse Brain ............................ 241
Henrik Ahlenius and Zaal Kokaia
Subject Index ................................................. 253
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