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ArticlePulmonary circulation2017

A high-yield isolation and enrichment strategy for human lung microvascular endothelial cells.

Christa Gaskill, Susan M Majka

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Article in Pulmonary circulation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Endothelial Heterogeneity in Pulmonary Hypertension.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2026
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  4. Generation of Human 3D Airway Assembloids for Advanced Modeling.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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  9. Resident mesenchymal vascular progenitors modulate adaptive angiogenesis and pulmonary remodeling via regulation of canonical Wnt signaling.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christa GaskillDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Susan M MajkaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
Role of Lung MSC in EmphysemaR01HL116597 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MAJKA, SUSAN M · 2013 to 2021
$4.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vasculopathies, characterized by the formation of fragile and abnormal microvessels, are associated with the severity of many chronic lung diseases, including pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, systemic sclerosis, and hypertension. However, the study of human lung vasculature has been limited by the ability to isolate generous quantities of microvascular endothelial cells (MVEC) free from mesenchymal contamination. Expansion and passaging of primary human MVEC in vitro typically results in loss of a traditional phenotype in favor of an intermediate mesenchymal one, as early as passage five. Here we provide a detailed protocol for the selection of large quantities of enriched primary human lung MVEC based upon differential adherence from mesenchyme and simple magnetic separation, which decreases the need for excessive passaging, in order to obtain sufficient cell numbers to successfully freeze stock cultures. Additional protocols are provided for Ac-di-LDL selection, characterization, and a sandwich angiogenesis method of functional tube formation. The complete protocol including cell isolation and characterization takes approximately six weeks to complete.

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lung microvascular endothelial cellsprimary cells

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PMID28680570
PMCPMC5448535
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