| Literature DB >> 28603749 |
Julian Christopher Assmann1, Kristin Müller1, Jan Wenzel1, Thomas Walther1, Josefine Brands1, Peter Thornton2, Stuart M Allan3, Markus Schwaninger1.
Abstract
Brain endothelial cells are the major building block of the blood-brain barrier. To study the role of brain endothelial cells in vitro, the isolation of primary cells is of critical value. Here, we describe a protocol in which vessel fragments are isolated from adult mice. After density centrifugation and mild digestion of the fragments, outgrowing endothelial cells are selected by puromycin treatment and grown to confluence within one week.Entities:
Keywords: Blood-brain barrier; CD31; Claudin-5; Occludin; Primary culture; Tight junctions; VE-cadherin; ZO-1
Year: 2017 PMID: 28603749 PMCID: PMC5464392 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2294
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bio Protoc ISSN: 2331-8325