Assessment of Endothelial Cell Migration After Exposure to Toxic ChemicalsDirk Steinritz 1,2, Annette Schmidt 1,3, Frank Balszuweit 1, Horst Thiermann 1, Marwa Ibrahim 3, Birgit Bölck 3, Wilhelm Bloch 3
1Bundeswehr Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2Walther Straub Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 3Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sports University Cologne
Investigation of early endothelial cell (EEC) migration is important to understand the pathophysiology of certain illnesses and to potentially identify novel strategies for therapeutic intervention. The following protocol describes techniques to assess cell migration that have been adapted for the investigation of EEC.