A novel minimally-invasive method to sample human endothelial cells for molecular profiling.

OBJECTIVE:The endothelium is a key mediator of vascular homeostasis and cardiovascular health. Molecular research on the human endothelium may provide insight into the mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease. Prior methodology used to isolate human endothelial cells has suffered from poor yield...

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Main Authors: Stephen W Waldo, Daniel A Brenner, James M McCabe, Mark Dela Cruz, Brian Long, Venkata A Narla, Joseph Park, Ameya Kulkarni, Elizabeth Sinclair, Stephen Y Chan, Suzaynn F Schick, Namita Malik, Peter Ganz, Priscilla Y Hsue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4332500?pdf=render