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Murine Prostate Micro-dissection and Surgical Castration
Published on: May 11, 2016
Autophagy protects murine preputial glands against premature aging, and controls their sebum phospholipid and
Heidemarie Rossiter1, Dragan Copic2, Martin Direder2
1Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Abbreviations:
ATG7: autophagy related 7; BODIPY: boron dipyrromethene; DAG: diacyl glycerides; DBI: diazepam binding inhibitor; GFP: green fluorescent protein; KRT14: keratin 14; HPLC-MS: high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry; LD: lipid droplet; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3; MSI: mass spectrometric imaging; ORO: Oil Red O; PC: phosphatidylcholine; PE: phosphatidylethanolamine; PG: preputial gland; PLIN2: perilipin 2; PtdIns: phosphatidylinositol; PL: phospholipids; POPC: 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-PC; PS: phosphatidylserine; qRT-PCR: quantitative reverse transcribed PCR; SG: sebaceous gland; scRNAseq: single-cell RNA sequencing; TAG: triacylglycerides; TLC: thin layer chromatography.
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