What is a tube formation assay?
The tube formation assay is a rapid and quantitative method for determining genes or pathways involved in angiogenesis. First described in 1988, the principles underlying this assay are that endothelial cells retain the ability to divide and migrate rapidly in response to angiogenic signals11-13.
Is HUVEC a Primary Cell line?
Lifeline® HUVEC are isolated from human umbilical cords, and cryopreserved as primary cells to ensure the highest viability and plating efficiency.
What does Huvec stand for?
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) are a valuable in vitro model for the study of EC physiology and pathology [17,18].
How to thaw HUVEC?
Thaw the cells quickly by placing the lower half of the vial in a 37 °C water bath and watch the vial closely during the thawing process. Remove the vial from the water bath when only a small amount of ice is left in the vial. Do not let cells thaw completely.
Why is HUVEC used?
(HUVEC) are isolated from the vein of the umbilical cord and are commonly used for physiological and pharmacological investigations, such as macromolecule transport, blood coagulation, angiogenesis, and fibrinolysis.
What is HUVEC cells?
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) are primary cells isolated from the vein of the umbilical cord. They are a model system for studying endothelial cell function, with applications including hypoxia, inflammation, oxidative stress, response to infection, and both normal and tumor-associated angiogenesis.
What are HUVEC cells used for?
How fast do Huvec cells grow?
Being the primary cells, these cells under optimal conditions proliferate once every 24-36 h.
Can you freeze primary cells?
Confluent primary endothelial cells grown in a T75 flask may be frozen in 2 cryovials. Confluent primary endothelial cells grown in a T25 flask may be frozen in 1 cryovial.
What is a VEGF test?
What is this test? This test measures the amount of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in your blood. VEGF is a substance that helps encourage the growth of new blood vessels. Your body makes more VEGF in certain cases.
Are HUVEC immortalized?
Conclusion: Ectopic coexpression of hTERT and SV40 LT can effectively immortalize HUVECs without tumorigenicity in vitro. Immortalized HUVECs may be an ideal target of further molecular function studies.
How fast do HUVEC cells grow?
Why is Huvec used?
What is the doubling time of Huvec cells?
Cellosaurus HUVEC-C (CVCL_2959) Doubling time: ~23.5 hours (between passages 18 and 30), ~67 hours (between passages 24 and 27), ~84 hours (between passages 27 and 30), ~100 hours (between passages 32 and 34) (PubMed=28755030).