Corneal Epithelial Cells in Ocular Hypertension Study
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…
Lifeline® Cells: Better Normal Controls for Therapeutic Development
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®…
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Regulators of Blood Vessel Function
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…
Introducing Lifeline® Cardiac Microvascular Endothelial Cells and Cardiac Fibroblasts
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,…
Endothelial Cells as Blood Vessel Barriers — The Latest Research Studies
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…
Male and Female Reproductive Systems Latest Research Studies
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…
Keratinocytes: Barrier to the Outside World
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 Airway Epithelium: Guardian Against Respiratory Infection
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…
Fibroblasts: Roles in Homeostasis, Wound Healing, and Cancer
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…
Review of Research Studies using Lifeline® Cells in 2016
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…
Culture Media: the Backbone of Your Cell Culture Experiments
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…
Smooth Muscle Cells: Contractile Controllers
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…
Endothelial Cells: Cardiovascular Multi-Taskers in the Latest Studies
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…
Latest Studies using 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…
Research on Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Multipotent Progenitors
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a component of the stroma in multiple tissues, including bone marrow, adipose tissue, the umbilical cord (or Wharton’s Jelly), and others. MSCs are multipotent adult…
Human Keratinocytes: First Line of Defense
Keratinocytes are the major cell type of the epidermis (the outermost skin layer) and are also found in the oral mucosa. They form the primary protective barrier between the internal…
Excretory System Epithelial Cells: Bladder and Renal Epithelial Cells
The excretory system processes the body’s waste and excretes waste as urine. The two kidneys filter waste products from the blood, creating urine. The urine is then passed from the…
Epithelial Cells — Guardians of the Internal Environment — and the Latest Cancer Studies
Epithelial cells line multiple organs throughout the body, including the gastrointestinal tract, bladder, uterus, and airway. Epithelial cells are arranged in sheets, each cell closely connected to its neighbors through…
Human Fibroblasts: a Multi-Faceted Cell Type
Fibroblasts are a type of mesenchymal cell most commonly found in the connective tissue of many organs, including the gastrointestinal tract, skin, bladder, uterus, and others. Fibroblasts produce connective tissue…
The Airway Epithelium: Barrier Against Foreign Pathogens
The human airway (including the trachea and bronchi) is lined by a single layer epithelium that serves as the interface between the external and internal environments. It also provides a…