Project Details
Description
We would like to collect the umbilical cords in order to be able to isolate blood endothelial cells. Endothelial cells are one of the key cell type forming a blood vessel. In addition, in unfavorable conditions, these cells are playing a pivotal role in the developing and progressing different diseases, e.g. cancer. Therefore, by enabling us to isolate them from the umbilical cords, we can obtain an optimal model system for the study of the regulation of endothelial cells and their response to different stimuli (including drugs for anti-angiogenic treatment that might help us to fight the cancer).
Layman's description
Vi vil gerne indsamle navlestrengen for at være i stand til at isolere og dyrke endotelceller der findes i blodåren i navlestrengen. Endotelceller er en af de centrale celler, der danner et blodkar. Derudover spiller disse celler under ugunstige forhold en central rolle i udviklingen af forskellige sygdomme, f.eks. kræft. Vi håber derfor at vi ved at isolere dem fra navlestrengen kan opnå et optimalt model-system til undersøgelse af regulering af endotelceller og deres reaktion på forskellige stimuli (inklusive lægemidler til kræft behandling), og dermed hjælpe os med at bekæmpe kræft.
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