Preparation and culturing of human primary vascular cells
(2018) In Methods in Molecular Biology 1779. p.355-369- Abstract
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) results from amyloid accumulation within arteries of the cerebral cortex and leptomeninges. This condition is age-related, especially prevalent in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and the main feature of certain hereditary disorders (i.e., HCHWA-I). The vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) appear to play a vital role in the development of CAA, which makes them well suited as an experimental model to study the disease and screen for possible remedies. We describe two different methods for isolating and culturing human VSMCs: First, using the human umbilical cord as an easy source of robust cells, and secondly, using brain tissue that provides the proper cerebral VSMCs, but is more problematic to work with. The... (More)
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) results from amyloid accumulation within arteries of the cerebral cortex and leptomeninges. This condition is age-related, especially prevalent in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and the main feature of certain hereditary disorders (i.e., HCHWA-I). The vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) appear to play a vital role in the development of CAA, which makes them well suited as an experimental model to study the disease and screen for possible remedies. We describe two different methods for isolating and culturing human VSMCs: First, using the human umbilical cord as an easy source of robust cells, and secondly, using brain tissue that provides the proper cerebral VSMCs, but is more problematic to work with. The umbilical cord also provides human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVEC), useful primary cells for vascular research. Finally, the maintenance, preservation, and characterization of the isolated vascular cells are described.
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- author
- Thormodsson, Finnbogi R. ; Olafsson, Ingvar H. and Vilhjalmsson, Dadi Th LU
- publishing date
- 2018-01-01
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Amyloid, Cell culture, Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), Cerebral blood vessels, Cystatin C, HCHWA-I, Human, Human umbilical vascular edothelial cells (HUVEC), Immunostaining, Leptomeninges, Umbilical cord, Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC)
- host publication
- Methods in Molecular Biology
- series title
- Methods in Molecular Biology
- volume
- 1779
- pages
- 15 pages
- publisher
- Humana Press
- external identifiers
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- pmid:29886543
- scopus:85048468357
- ISSN
- 1064-3745
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4939-7816-8_21
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- dfc95582-7a91-4fe6-bb68-edf3cf0cc044
- date added to LUP
- 2018-07-02 11:19:22
- date last changed
- 2024-01-14 22:30:59
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