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1Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center,University of Virginia School of Medicine, 3Department of Hematology,St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 4Research Histology Core,University of Virginia School of Medicine
Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 00:49Plating Cells for Vascular Cell co-culture
- 04:14Harvesting Fractions from the VCCC
- 07:21Harvesting and Embedding the VCCC for Transverse Immunofluorescence
- 09:11Results: Myoendothelial Junction Formation in Vascular Cell Co-cultures
- 10:18Conclusion
A cell culture model of resistance arteries is described, allowing for the dissection of signaling pathways in endothelium, smooth muscle, or between endothelium and smooth muscle (the myoendothelial junction). The selective application of agonists or protein isolation, electron microscopy, or immunofluorescence can be utilized using this cell culture model.
