Calcification of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Imaging of Aortic Calcification and Inflammation

Vascular calcification is an important predictor of and contributor to human cardiovascular disease. This protocol describes methods for inducing calcification of cultured primary vascular smooth muscle cells and for quantifying calcification and macrophage burden in animal aortas using near-infrare...

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Autor principal: O'Rourke, Caitlin (-)
Formato: Video
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : MyJoVE Corp 2016.
Colección:JOVE Video Journal Biology and Medicine.
Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Acceso a vídeo desde UNAV
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Sumario:Vascular calcification is an important predictor of and contributor to human cardiovascular disease. This protocol describes methods for inducing calcification of cultured primary vascular smooth muscle cells and for quantifying calcification and macrophage burden in animal aortas using near-infrared fluorescence imaging.
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