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Technical Reference #989

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

989.

Integrin V3 On Human Endothelial Cells Binds Von Willebrand Factor Strings Under Fluid Shear Stress Jing Huang; Robyn Roth; John E Heuser; and J Evan Sadler, Washington University, Blood, 113(989), (2008)
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Abstract:
Acutely secreted von Willebrand factor (VWF) multimers adhere to endothelial cells support platelet adhesion and may induce microvascular thrombosi

Keywords:
ultra-large von Willebrand factor; self association; integrin

Materials & Methods:
Confluent HUVECs on glass-bottomed dishes (MatTek Ashland MA) were incubated with EGM-2 medium containing 100 μM histamine (Sigma St. Louis MO) for 30 min at 37°C.

Microscopic Technique
Fluorescence Microscopy, Immunofluorescence

Cell Type(s)
U937