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Isolation, bulk cultivation, and characterization of coronary microvascular pericytes: the second most frequent myocardial cell type in vitro.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Jan 2012
Nees Stephan, Weiss Dominik R, Senftl Anton, Knott Maria, Förch Stefan, Schnurr Maximilian, Weyrich Peter, Juchem Gerd
Abstract excerpt
Densely arranged pericytes engird the endothelial tube of all coronary microvessels. Since the experimental access to these abundant cells in situ is difficult, a prerequisite for broader investigation is the availability of sufficient numbers of fully differentiated pericytes in homogenous culture. To reach this goal, we applied strictly standardized cell isolation techniques, optimized culture methods and...
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