Patent · US Expired

Process and medium for cloning and long-term serial cultivation of human endothelial cells

US4994387A · kind A · utility

7Cited by
2References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 17, 1988
Grant dateFeb 19, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 17, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/948
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Vigorous growth of endothelial cells from human umbilical vein endothelial cells in vitro is achieved using a culture medium containing endothelial cell growth factor and heparin and/or dextran sulfate. Cell population doubling times of 13 to 21 hours for 60 to 85 populations doublings are obtained, and cloned human endothelial cell strains are established having similar proliferative capacities.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.