Normal Kidney Epithelial Cell Line. They are also used by the biotechnology industry to produce therapeutic proteins and viruses for g. Please remember that any cell line is by definition immortalized and many are also transformed.
A primary ptc culture from normal adult human renal cortex was exposed to a recombinant retrovirus containing the hpv 16 e6 e7 genes resulting in a cell line designated hk 2 human kidney 2 which has grown continuously in serum free media for more than one year. Epithelial cells are cells that exist in the body in sheets covering the organs and other internal and external surfaces that may come into contact with foreign materials. For kidney studies the best would be to use primary.
Epithelial cells are cells that exist in the body in sheets covering the organs and other internal and external surfaces that may come into contact with foreign materials.
The cells grow adherently and exhibit epithelial morphology. Atcc normal human primary renal proximal tubule epithelial cells when grown in renal epithelial cell basal media supplemented with renal epithelial cell growth kit components provide an ideal cell system to propagate renal epithelial cells in low serum 0 5 fbs conditions. Epithelial cells line various surfaces of the body including the skin blood vessels organs and urinary tract. The cells grow adherently and exhibit epithelial morphology.