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Incorporating Pericytes into an Endothelial Cell Bead Sprouting Assay
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Incorporating Pericytes into an Endothelial Cell Bead Sprouting Assay

Incorporating Pericytes into an Endothelial Cell Bead Sprouting Assay

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February 16, 2018

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10.3791/57309-v

DOI:
10.3791/57309-v

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06:21 min
February 16, 2018

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1Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3Department of Medicine,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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This protocol presents a novel in vitro bead assay that more appropriately models the process of in vivo sprouting angiogenesis by incorporating pericytes. This modification enables the bead assay to more faithfully recapitulate the heterotypic cellular interactions between endothelial cells and mural cells that are critical for angiogenesis.

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Azam, S. H., Smith, M., Somasundaram, V., Pecot, C. V. Incorporating Pericytes into an Endothelial Cell Bead Sprouting Assay. J. Vis. Exp. (132), e57309, doi:10.3791/57309 (2018).

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