The Rat Lung PrimaCell™ 4: Normal Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells is for rapid (7-10 days) isolation and growth of normal pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells from rat lung tissues. This system features an optimal condition of tissue dissociation system, Lung OptiTDS™ that yields 5-7 times of single cells more than most of the tissue dissociation protocols published in the literature. In addition, this system ensures a high viability of the target cells with improved gradient contained in the culture medium. With CHI's proprietary fibroblast inhibitory system, FibrOut™, cells are growing with minimal amount of the unwanted cells such as fibroblasts.

Rat Lung PrimaCell™ 4 System (Cat No. 2-82567):
Rat Lung PrimaCell™ 4: Normal Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells Protocols
Rat Lung Tissue Preparation Buffer 4: Normal Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells
Rat Lung OptiTDS™ 4: Tissue Dissociation System
Rat Lung FibrOut™ 4: Fibroblast Inhibitory System (for 500 ml medium)
Rat Lung PrimaCell™ 4: Normal Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells Growth Medium
Rat Lung PrimaCell™ 4: Normal Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells Growth Supplements with Serum (for 500 ml medium)

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