METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PRIMARY HUMAN PULMONARY ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL CELLS AND APPLICATION THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20220372445A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17497409

    申请日:2021-10-08

    IPC分类号: C12N5/071

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a method for cultivating primary human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells (HPAEpiC), which includes cultivating the primary HPAEpiC in a first medium containing a basal medium, a culture supplement, and a Rho kinase inhibitor, and a second medium containing the basal medium and the culture supplement in sequence. The culture supplement includes Jagged-1 (JAG-1) peptide, human Noggin protein, transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) type I receptor inhibitor SB431542, human fibroblast growth factor 7 (hFGF-7), hFGF-10, and glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) inhibitor CHIR99021. Also disclosed is a method for preparing a three-dimensional cell culture of alveolar epithelium using the first medium and the second medium.

    METHOD OF TRACKING MOVEMENT OF PARTICLES IN BRONCHUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240037745A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18172706

    申请日:2023-02-22

    摘要: A method of tracking movement of particles in bronchus includes obtaining, from a video of the particles, a plurality of processed images, each of which contains a plurality of particle portions representing the particles, and implementing a tracking process for a reference image of the processed images. The tracking process includes, for each particle portion in the reference image, selecting a to-be-compared portion from among the particle portions in a next image immediately following the reference image, obtaining an expected range of movement of the particle represented by the particle portion according to a position of the particle portion, determining whether a corresponding position in the reference image that corresponds to a position of the to-be-compared portion in the next image is within the expected range, and storing the position of the to-be-compared portion into a track record that is associated with the particle when the determination is affirmative.