| Collagen is classified into a number of structurally and genetically distinct types. We use the nomenclature proposed by Bornstein and Traub. Type I Collagen is a component of skin, bone, tendon, and other fibrous connective tissues. Application: This product is intended to produce thin layer coatings on tissue culture plates to facilitate attachment of anchorage-dependent cells, recommended for use at 6-10 µg/cm2. It is NOT intended for production of 3-D gels. Type I Collagen is often used in cell culture as an attachment substratum with myoblasts, spinal ganglia, hepatocytes, embryonic lung, heart explants, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and islet cells have all been cultured successfully on films or gels of type I Collagen. Collagen type I may also be used in research of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), studies on the effect of ER stress IPF on lung fibroblasts. Collagen in acidic solution can produce three dimensional scaffolding with use in bioengineering and cell culture applications. Morphology: powder Uses: This product was prepared by a modification of Gallop, P.M. and Seifter, S., Meth. Enzymol., VI, 635 (1963). It is soluble at 1 mg/mL in .1 M acetic acid and should be stirred at room temperature for 1-3 hours until dissolved. |
| Synonyms: Collagen; Source: calf skin |
