BACKGROUND: Single circulating tumor cells (CTCs) or circulating tumor microemboli (CTMs) are potential biomarkers of renal cell cancer (RCC), however studies of CTCs/CTMs in RCC are limited. In this pilot study we aimed to evaluate a novel blood filtration technique suited for cytomorphological classification, immunocytochemical and molecular characterization of filtered, so called circulating non-hematologic cells (CNHCs) - putative CTCs/CTMs - in patients with RCC. METHODS: Blood of 40 patients with

Primary Cells and Media, Classical Media and Reagents, Serum-free and Speciality Media 

El-Heliebi A, Kroneis T, Zöhrer E, Haybaeck J, Fischereder K, Kampel-Kettner K, Zigeuner R, Pock H, Riedl R, Stauber R, Geigl JB, Huppertz B, Sedlmayr P, Lackner C. 

J Transl Med (2013) 11: 214 

Reduced elastogenesis: a clue to the arteriosclerosis and emphysematous changes in Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia?

Primary Cells and Media, Classical Media and Reagents, Serum-free and Speciality Media 

Morimoto M, Yu Z, Stenzel P, Clewing JM, Najafian B, Mayfield C, Hendson G, Weinkauf JG, Gormley AK, Parham DM, Ponniah U, André JL, Asakura Y, Basiratnia M, Bogdanovic R, Bokenkamp A, Bonneau D, Buck A, Charrow J, Cochat P, Cordeiro I, Deschenes G, Fenkçi MS, Frange P, Fründ S, Fryssira H, Guillen-Navarro E, Keller K, Kirmani S, Kobelka C, Lamfers P, Levtchenko E, Lewis DB, Massella L, McLeod DR, Milford DV, Nobili F, Saraiva JM, Semerci CN, Shoemaker L, Stajic N, Stein A, Taha D, Wand D, Zonana J, Lücke T, Boerkoel CF. 

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases (2012) 7: 70 

Shortened ALK1 regulatory fragment maintains a specific activity in arteries feeding ischemic tissues.

Primary Cells and Media, Classical Media and Reagents, Serum-free and Speciality Media 

Li X, Yonenaga Y, Seki T. 

Gene Ther (2009) 16(8): 1034-41 

Endothelial cell diversity revealed by global expression profiling

Primary Cells and Media 

Chi JT, Chang HY, Haraldsen G, Jahnsen FL, Troyanskaya OG, Chang DS, Wang Z, Rockson SG, van de Rijn M, Botstein D, Brown PO. 

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2003) 100 (19): 10623-8