MouseEmbryonicFibroblasts(MEF)areusedtosupportthegrowthofmouseandhumanpluripotentstemcells[1].MEFnotonlyprovideasubstrateforpluripotentstemcellstogrowon,butalsosecretecriticalgrowthfactorstomaintainstemcellpluripotency.MEFareisolatedfrommouseembryosandusedatearlypassages[2].Toserveasfeedercells,MEFmustbetreatedwithmitomycinCorbyirrADIationtopreventcellproliferation.Thetreatedcellscanalsobeusedtogenerateconditionedmediumforfeeder-freecultureofpluripotentstemcells.
MEFfromSciencellResearchLaboratoriesareisolatedfromembryonicday13CD1mouseembryos.Thesecellsarecryopreservedatprimarycultureanddeliveredfrozen.Eachvialcontains1x10^6cellsin1mlvolume.MEFarecharacterizedbyimmunofluorescencewithantibodyspecifictofibronectin.MEFarenegativeformycoplasma,bacteria,yeast,andfungi.MEFareguaranteedtofurtherexpandfor5populationdoublingsundertheconditionsprovidedbyScienCellResearchLaboratories.
RecommendedMedium
ItisrecommendedtouseDMEM(Cat.#09221)supplementedwith10%fetalbovineserum(FBS,Cat.#0010,0025,0500)forculturingMEFinvitro.
Specifications:
| CatalogNo. | M7540 | 
| CountryofManufacture | |
| ProductCode | MEF | 
| Size/Quantity | 1x10^6cells/vial | 
| ProductUse | MEFareusedasafeederlayerinmouseandhumanpluripotentstemcellculture.Theyareforresearchuseonly.Theyarenotapprovedforhumanoranimaluse,orforapplicationininvitrodiagnosticprocedures.. | 
| Storage | Uponreceiving,directlyandimmediatelytransferthecellsfromdryicetoliquidnitrogenandkeepthecellsinliquidnitrogenuntiltheyareneededforexperiments. | 
| ShippingInfo | Dryice. | 
| References | [1]BRADLEY,A.(1987).Productionandanalysisofchimaeras.InTeratocarcinomasandEmbryonicStemCells:APracticalApproach,(ed.E.J.Robertson),pp.113-151.Oxford:IRLPress.[2]Nagyetal.(2006)PreparingMouseEmbryoFibroblastsColdSpringHarborProtocols.2006:pdb.prot4398. | 

		