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Experimental controls and study design for mechanistic comparison
For Epitalon mechanistic research, required controls include: TERT siRNA or TERT−/− cells to confirm TERT-dependent effects; TRAP assay on sorted cell populations (HSC, T-cells, satellite cells separately) to confirm cell-type-specific telomerase activity; Q-F
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- For Epitalon mechanistic research, required controls include: TERT siRNA or TERT−/− cells to confirm TERT-dependent effects; TRAP assay on sorted cell populations (HSC, T-cells, satellite cells separately) to confirm cell-type-specific telomerase activity; Q-FISH on metaphase spreads for quantitative telomere length versus qPCR (which provides mean relative telomere:single copy ratio); pineal melatonin EIA with nocturnal sampling at ZT14-ZT18 to capture peak melatonin; and luzindole (melatonin receptor antagonist) to distinguish melatonin-mediated from TERT-mediated effects.
- For Tα1 mechanistic research, required controls include: sjTREC quantification by real-time PCR (distinguishes true thymic output from peripheral expansion); thymectomy controls to confirm thymic-dependent effects (effects should be significantly reduced in thymectomised animals); spectratypying (CDR3 length distribution by Vβ family) to quantify repertoire diversity improvement; and TLR2/9 antagonists (CU-CPT9a for TLR8/9, Pam3CSK4 blockade for TLR2) to distinguish direct thymic epithelial effects from DC-mediated thymopoietic cytokine induction.
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