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The Role of the Mammary Gland in Breast Cancer
Mammary Epithelial Cells
The mammary gland is composed of a glandular ductal network. These ducts are lined by a protective layer of epithelial cells, and also contain myoepithelial cells that aid in contraction. The terminal duct-lobular unit, which makes up the…
A Half-Year Review of the Latest Research with Lifeline® Multifunctional Cells
Lifeline Cells and Media
Halfway through 2017, here’s a recap of how researchers are using Lifeline® cells to study different disease mechanisms and biological processes. Lifeline® cells are being used to: engineer in vitro airway models, represent normal tissue controls for cancer…
Endothelial Cells: Regulators of Blood Vessel Homeostasis
Endothelial Cells
Endothelial cells line the blood vessels of the body and participate in significant crosstalk with the blood and tissues to maintain blood pressure and vessel homeostasis through regulation of vasodilation and vasoconstriction. In particular, endothelial cells have been…
Making Strides in Skin Cell Research Utilizing Lifeline® Keratinocytes and Melanocytes
Melanocytes and Keratinocytes
Cells of the Skin: Keratinocytes and Melanocytes The skin has three layers, the epidermis (outermost), the dermis (middle), and the hypodermis (the innermost). The epidermis is largely composed of keratinocytes, which form a barrier against the external environment…
Lifeline® Dermal Fibroblasts Utilized in Wound Healing Study
Fibroblasts
Fibroblasts: Important Players in Wound Healing Fibroblasts are a mesenchymal cell type, known for their spindle shape. Although they are present in most tissue types, they are often found in connective tissue due their function in producing extracellular…
Latest Research on The Excretory System: Cleaning up the Waste
Renal Epithelial Cells
The excretory system starts at the kidneys, a pair of organs that detoxify and remove waste from the blood. This waste, in the form of urine, is transported through the ureters to the bladder, where urine is stored…
Corneal Epithelial Cells in Ocular Hypertension Study
Corneal Epithelial Cells
The Eye: Window to the Brain The eyes are composed of many parts that together, sense and interpret light, enabling the formation of images via the brain. The front of the eye is called the cornea, and it…
Lifeline® Cells: Better Normal Controls for Therapeutic Development
Lifeline Cells and Media
Identifying the best cells to use as controls is critical. In particular, finding a “normal”, non-cancer control cell to test anti-cancer therapies is a challenge our customers often face. Lifeline® has the tools to help – read on…
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Regulators of Blood Vessel Function
Smooth Muscle Cells
Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are present in most contractile organs, including the bladder, gastrointestinal tract, and blood vessels. Smooth muscle cells in blood vessels are termed vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and are responsible for maintaining blood pressure…
Introducing Lifeline® Cardiac Microvascular Endothelial Cells and Cardiac Fibroblasts
Cardiac Cells
For over 10 years, Lifeline Cell Technology has produced some of the world’s best normal human endothelial cells and normal human fibroblast cells. Additionally, we have developed low serum, serum-free, or xeno-free media, individually optimized for culturing each…
Endothelial Cells as Blood Vessel Barriers — The Latest Research Studies
Endothelial Cells
Endothelial cells form a monolayer that lines the lumen of blood vessels, provides an essential protective barrier, and regulates vessel and blood pressure homeostasis. Endothelial cells are also involved in forming new blood vessels, a process called angiogenesis.…
Male and Female Reproductive Systems Latest Research Studies
Female Reproductive Cells, Male Reproductive Cells
The male gonads are the testes, which are housed in the scrotum. The testes produce sperm (male gametes) and testosterone (the main male hormone). Following production in the testes, sperm move through the epididymis and into the vas…
Keratinocytes: Barrier to the Outside World
Keratinocytes
The epidermis is the outermost layer of the skin, which covers the entire body and provides an essential barrier against the external environment. The most common epidermal cell type is the keratinocyte. Keratinocytes are born in the basal…
The Airway Epithelium: Guardian Against Respiratory Infection
Lung/Airway Cells
Like many organs, the airway is lined by a single layer of epithelial cells that form the barrier between the external and internal environments. The epithelium is the first line of defense against inhaled pathogens, particularly respiratory viruses…
Fibroblasts: Roles in Homeostasis, Wound Healing, and Cancer
Fibroblasts
Fibroblasts are one of the most common types of stromal cells in the body and are responsible for generating extracellular matrix (ECM) components that support the tissue in which they exist. There is tremendous crosstalk between fibroblasts in…
Review of Research Studies using Lifeline® Cells in 2016
Lifeline Cells and Media
It is the end of the year, so we thought we would take a look back to see how our cells have been used over the past year. Lifeline® provides cells from many organ sites that can be…
Culture Media: the Backbone of Your Cell Culture Experiments
Cell Culture Medium
The quality of cell culture media is critical for maintaining integrity of cells in culture and consistency between experiments. At Lifeline®, we have highly stringent quality control processes to ensure your experiments can be efficiently reproduced. We offer…
Smooth Muscle Cells: Contractile Controllers
Smooth Muscle Cells
Smooth muscle cells are located in many organs throughout the body, most notably in the vasculature, but also in the bladder, uterus, and gastrointestinal system. They regulate contraction in these organs, and are of particular importance in…
Endothelial Cells: Cardiovascular Multi-Taskers in the Latest Studies
Endothelial Cells
The cardiovascular system is an extensive network that supports blood flow to the tissues of the body. Blood vessels have a specialized lining of endothelial cells that not only regulate vessel homeostasis, but also form a protective barrier…
Latest Studies using Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Microvessels are the smallest blood vessels within the vasculature and include capillaries, arterioles, and venules. Microvessels play a significant role in cancer, as they can indicate neoangiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels. Induction of angiogenesis is a…
Recent Posts
The Role of the Mammary Gland in Breast Cancer
A Half-Year Review of the Latest Research with Lifeline® Multifunctional Cells
Endothelial Cells: Regulators of Blood Vessel Homeostasis
Making Strides in Skin Cell Research Utilizing Lifeline® Keratinocytes and Melanocytes
Lifeline® Dermal Fibroblasts Utilized in Wound Healing Study
Latest Research on The Excretory System: Cleaning up the Waste
Corneal Epithelial Cells in Ocular Hypertension Study
Lifeline® Cells: Better Normal Controls for Therapeutic Development