Application

Primary Human Aortic Endothelial Cells (HAoEC) are isolated from the human ascending (thoracic) and descending (abdominal) aorta. They are useful for studying vascular diseases such as thrombosis, atherosclerosis, and hypertension as well as for stent-graft compatibility testing.

Cell Line Origin

Aorta

General description

PromoCell Cell Pellets are stored in RNAlater^® - an aqueous protection solution that rapidly permeates the cells and stabilizes cellular DNA, RNA, and proteins and protects them from degradation. This makes the PromoCell Cell Pellets very useful for a wide range of research applications like gene expression analysis, cell characterization studies, and protein characterization experiments.Note: RNAlater^® denatures proteins. Therefore, proteins will be suitable for e.g. Western blotting but not for applications that require native proteins. Because of the density of RNAlater^® Solution, greater centrifugal forces are required to pellet cells. We recommend to transfer the content of the vial into a 15 ml conical tube, to add an equal volume of PBS and to spin down the cells at 5000 x g for 10 minutes at 4°C. Each Cell Pellet is made from 1 million cells and is dissolved in 200 µl RNAlater^®. The Cell Pellets are produced from released cell lots and have the same characteristics, i.e. expression profile or cell type specific antigens. On request, viable cells from the same lot are available for cultivation.

Legal Information

RNAlater is a registered trademark of Ambion, Inc.

Other Notes

The Cell Pellets can be stored indefinitely at -20°C, and for up to 1 month at 4°C. Note: The Cell Pellets will not freeze at -20°C. Always centrifuge product briefly before opening vial.

Physical form

Pellet is dissolved in RNAlater^® for downstream analysis of DNA, RNA or protein profiles. Cells are not revivable.

Quality

Rigid quality control tests are performed for each lot of the corresponding cells. They are tested for cell viability, cell morphology, growth performance and for cell-type specific markers. In addition, all cells have been tested for the absence of HIV-1, HIV-2, HBV, HCV, HTLV-1, HTLV-2 and microbial contaminants (fungi, bacteria, and mycoplasma).

Warning

Although tested negative for HIV-1, HIV-2, HBV, HCV, HTLV-1 and HTLV-2, the cells – like all products of human origin – should be handled as potentially infectious. No test procedure can completely guarantee the absence of infectious agents.