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Introduction Angiogenesisisafundamentalprocessinvolvingthegrowthofnewbloodvesselsfrompre-existingvessels.Itisimportantindevelopmentandwoundhealing,aswellaspathologicdiseasessuchasdiabeticretinopathyandcancer.Duringangiogenesis,endothelialcellsneedtomoveoutofexistingvessels,migrateintonewareas,proliferateandassembleintonewcapillaries.Themigrationofendothelialcellsisregulatedbymanyangiogenicfactorsandanti-angiogenicfactors.Itiscriticalforresearcherstounderstandthemechanismsofendothelialcellmigration.
Millipore"s3μmQCM?EndothelialCellMigrationAssay–Fibronectin,FluorometricprovidesaquickandefficientsystemtostudytheABIlityofcompoundstoinduceorinhibitendothelialcellmigration.Thisassayalsoallowsscreeningofpharmacologicalagents,evaluationofintegrinsorotheradhesionreceptorsresponsIBLeforendothelialcellmigration,analysisofgenefunctionintransfectedcells,anddeterminationofECMproteininvolvementincellmovement.
Thisversatileassaypermitscountingofindividualmigratorycells,and,moreimportantly,allowsquantitativeanalysisbyopticaldensity(OD)usingastandardmicroplatereader.Thisconvenientassayallowslargescalescreeningandquantitativecomparisonofmultiplesamplesandincludesindividualmigrationcontrolsforeachsample. |