Re: detaching EC

From: 'FR' Frank Radella II (fradella@u.washington.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 10 2000 - 17:26:21 EST


If EDTA is not washed quickly washed away after detactment the cells
change size.

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On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Robert Auerbach wrote:

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> Response to Thanos Kakoulidis
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> EDTA works on most adherent endothelial cells, but takes time.  TIming is
> critical because the cells are not altogether happy.	We have on occasion
> (e.g. for porcine embryonic endothelial cells) used EDTA + collagenase.
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> Bob Auerbach
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> At 07:09 PM 8/7/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi Flowers,
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> >does anybody know of another method except trypsinization, to detach
> >endothelial cells from the flask? (that is necessary in order to create a
> >single cell suspension and run the cells in the flow cytometer)
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> >thanks,
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> >thanos
> >
> >Thanos Kakoulidis, MD
> >Ph.D. Graduate student
> >Department of Microbiology and Immunology
> >Institute for Cellular Therapeutics
> >University of Louisville
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> Robert Auerbach
> Laboratory of Developmental Biology
> University of Wisconsin
> 1117 West Johnson Street
> Madison, WI 53706
> Phone: 608 262 1789
> FAX  608 262 1171
> e-mail rauerbac@facstaff.wisc.edu
> (formerly auerbach@macc.wisc.edu)
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