The Isolation and Culture of Primary Epicardial Cells Derived from Human Adult and Fetal Heart Specimens
Title:
The Isolation and Culture of Primary Epicardial Cells Derived from Human Adult and Fetal Heart Specimens
Author:
Dronkers, Esther
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (537 seconds)
Series:
Developmental Biology
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Abstract:
The epicardium plays a crucial role in the development and repair of the heart by providing cells and growth factors to the myocardial wall. Here, we describe a method to culture human primary epicardial cells that enables the study and comparison of their developmental and adult characteristics.
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