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[Rapid morphogenesis of brain microvascular endothelial cells in culture system]
T Kaneko1, I Nagata, S Miyamoto
1Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
No to Shinkei = Brain and Nerve
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
Endothelial cells of bovine brain microvascular vessels (BBECs), carotid artery (BCECs) and aorta (BAECs) were cultured on type I collagen and Matrigel. BBECs make tubular structures and BCECs and BAECs grow and make confluent monolayer on type I collagen gel. But BCECs and BAECs make tubular structures when second layer was overlaid. BBECs, BCECs and BAECs make tubular structures on Matrigel. These morphological changes were not affected by basic fibroblast growth factor. These results suggest that BBECs have more potent angiogenic ability than BCECs and BAECs.