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Comprehensive phenotyping of endothelial cells using flow cytometry 1: Murine

Year: 2020

Type: review

Abstract: The endothelium forms a selective barrier between circulating blood or lymph and surrounding tissue. Endothelial cells play an essential role in vessel homeostasis, and identification of these cells is critical in vascular biology research. However, characteristics of endothelial cells differ depending on the location and type of blood or lymph vessel. Endothelial cell subsets are numerous and often identified using different flow cytometric markers, making immunophenotyping these cells complex. In part 1 of this two part review series, we present a comprehensive overview of markers for the flow cytometric identification and phenotyping of murine endothelial subsets. These subsets can be distinguished using a panel of cell surface and intracellular markers shared by all endothelial cells in combination with additional markers of specialized endothelial cell types. This review can be used to determine the best markers for identifying and phenotyping desired murine endothelial cell subsets.

Source: Cytometry Part A

DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.24292

Authors: Dillon Grant, Nicholas Wanner, Matthew Frimel, Serpil Erzurum, Kewal Asosingh

Institutions: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Research

Language: English

Topic: Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute