BOVINE CORONARY ARTERY SMOOTH MUSCLE CEL

Application

vascular research, supply of blood to heart muscle

Cell Line Origin

Artery

Components

Bovine Smooth Muscle Cell Basal Medium containing 10% FBS & 10% DMSO

General description

BCASMC have been used to test novel photocrosslinked biodegradable elastomers based material surfaces for their usefulness in smooth muscle tissue engineering (Ilagan, 2009).Characterization: positive for smooth muscle cell specific alpha-actin expression.

Preparation Note

2nd passage, >500,000 cells in Bovine Smooth Muscle Cell Basal Medium containing 10% FBS & 10% DMSO Can be cultured at least 16 doublings

Subculture Routine

Please refer to the BCASMC Culture Protocol.