Human Smooth Muscle Cell Media
Human SMC Growth Medium: All-in-one ready-to-use
Type: Growth Medium
Size: 500 ml
Price: $155.00
Description

In research, Human Smooth Muscle Cell Media, sometimes referred to as SMCM, supports primary smooth muscle cell culture derived from donor tissues such as blood vessel segments (e.g., artery and vein), enabling researchers to model how growth factor–driven signaling influences smooth muscle cell proliferation and phenotype. A complete medium format with defined media supplements and growth factor support helps create reliable culture conditions that maintain contractile function–related properties and cellular responsiveness under controlled laboratory conditions. This is important for studies that use human smooth muscle cell cultures to investigate mechanisms of vascular remodeling and atherosclerosis, and for experiments assessing how stimuli alter smooth muscle cell behavior, including transitions between growth-associated and more contractile states.
Because smooth muscle cell culture is frequently used alongside additional reagents and downstream assays, the media’s optimized properties can help researchers obtain reproducible cell populations for functional studies, including activity measurements tied to contractile phenotypes. Human Smooth Muscle Cell Media is commonly used by researchers to culture endothelial-adjacent vascular systems as part of broader cell culture systems, and to generate data in investigations of how signaling changes contribute to plaque-associated remodeling in the blood vessel wall, with particular relevance to diseases affecting the heart and cardiovascular circulation.
Medium carefully optimized for the characteristics and requirements unique to smooth muscle cells. Attention to detail ensures ideal cell health, viability, performance, physiology, morphology, consistency and data.
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CAI media are tested for sterility in order to confirm no bacteria, yeast or fungi contaminate the solutions. The products undergo further quality control for correct pH, osmolality and lack of endotoxins. A panel of different bioassays affirm the media sustain a proper environment for expected cell-type-specific culture, growth, plating, karyotype, physiology, morphology, viability, population doublings, surface markers, cryopreservation, differentiation and/or induction.
Laboratory research use only (RUO). Not for human, clinical, diagnostic or veterinary use.
