HUMAN OMENTAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS, METHODS OF ISOLATION AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The present invention discloses novel methods and omental, myocardial, liver, lung, renal, peritoneal, intestinal and pancreatic mesothelial cells which are useful for a number of procedures including drug discovery, co-culturing, cell therapy and bioassay. The invention provides a method for isolating these cells that improves upon the methods previously used and provides cells isolated in quantity. The present invention provides a list of secreted proteins from omentum mesothelial cells that can be utilized in the described cell based assays.