发布: 2012年09月20日第2卷第18期 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.260 浏览次数: 68163
Abstract
Angiogenesis is involved not only in pathological conditions including cancer biology and non-neoplastic diseases, but also many biological processes including reproduction, development and repair. During angiogenesis, endothelial cells (ECs) undergo activation after binding of angiogenic factors to their receptors, release of proteases to dissolve the basement membrane, migration towards an angiogenic signal, proliferation, and an increase in cell number for new blood vessel formation. Finally, reorganization of ECs forms the three-dimensional vasculature. HUVEC tube-formation assay is one of the simple, but well-established in vitro angiogenesis assays based on the ability of ECs to form three-dimensional capillary-like tubular structures, when cultured on a gel of growth factor-reduced basement membrane extracts. During the assay, ECs differentiate, directionally migrate to align, branch, and form the tubular polygonal networks of blood vessels.
Keywords: HUVEC (人脐静脉内皮细胞)Materials and Reagents
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© 2012 The Authors; exclusive licensee Bio-protocol LLC.
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Ko, J. M. and Lung, M. L. (2012). In vitro Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) Tube-formation Assay. Bio-protocol 2(18): e260. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.260.
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癌症生物学 > 血管生成 > 细胞生物学试验
癌症生物学 > 通用技术 > 细胞生物学试验
细胞生物学 > 细胞分离和培养 > 3D细胞培养
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