Contact Us – Donor Hotline
Please use this form only if you:
- Become ill, develop a fever, a cold, sore throat, diarrhea, or flu symptoms within 48 hours. Tell us the symptoms and when they started.
- Think that your blood may not be suitable for a patient. If you do not want to give specifics about why we should not use your blood, just say “for confidential reasons.”
- Within 14 days are diagnosed with West Nile Virus or develop the symptoms of West Nile Virus which include a headache in conjunction with fever above 101 F.”
Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC)
Storage
20C or in vapor state LN2 until ready to use
Cell Count
20C or in vapor state LN2 until ready to use
Sterility
Products are tested and found to be negative for mycoplasma and endotoxin.
Infectious Diseases
Donor tested and found to be negative for HIV 1, HIV 2, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HTLV 1, WNV, Zika, and Syphilis
Methods
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) are primary cells isolated from the vein of the umbilical cord. They are a model system for studying endothelial cell function, with applications including hypoxia, inflammation, oxidative stress, response to infection, and both normal and tumor-associated angiogenesis.