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Expression of CD31, vWF, and VE-Cadherin in HUVECs via Immunofluorescence

Rajan Narayan, Anupama Kakkar, Rinkey Sharma, Rohit Chamoli, Gaurav Nigam, Nitul Sharma

Abstract


Endothelial cells, the lining cells of blood vessels, are involved in many physiological and pathophysiological process, including hemostasis, vasoregulation, inflammation, angiogenesis, and the extravasation of fluids, macromolecules, hormones and leucocytes. This work was carried out to investigate the expression of certain cell surface markers of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro via immunocytochemistry. Immunocytochemistry helped in anatomic visualization of the localization of a specific protein or antigen in endothelial cells, which were positively stained for endothelial cells marker. The cells produced from this technique grew well for extended periods and retained the normal characteristics of primary HUVECs, making them invaluable tool for researchers.

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CD 31, HUVECs, immunocytochemistry, VE-cadherin, vWF

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijger.v1i2.51

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