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I.R.C.V.
Institute of Cardiovascular Research
  • Dijon, Burgundy
  • France
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Primary cardiovascular cell cultures

  • confluent ventricular cardiomyocytes cultures from the neonatal rat heart:cm
- spontaneously beating
- mature electrophysiological properties

- adult-like, aerobic fatty acid metabolism
  • rat aortic endothelial and smooth muscle cell cultures
  • human aortic endothelial and smooth muscle cell cultures

Cell Lines 

  • H9C2 rat cardiac myoblasts
- non-beatingh9c2
- suitable for many studies: metabolism, cell signaling, cell stress ...






Ethical and Laboratory Guidelines

The investigations conducted in the Institute of Cardiovascular Research:
  • conformed to the authorization 00775 from the French government
  • agrees with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the US
    National Institutes of Health
  • the use of laboratory animals is performed by qualified staff
  • conformed to the Guide for Professional Risk Prevention of the  French government