Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC) 2 articles published in JoVE Biochemistry A Semi-Automated and Reproducible Biological-Based Method to Quantify Calcium Deposition In Vitro Armand M. G. Jaminon*1, Nikolas Rapp*1, Asim C. Akbulut1, Robert Dzhanaev2, Chris P. Reutelingsperger1, Willi Jahnen-Dechent2, Leon J. Schurgers1,3 1Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, 2Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Biointerface Group, RWTH Aachen University, 3Institute of Experimental Medicine and Systems Biology, RWTH Aachen University Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Vascular calcification contributes substantially to the burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This protocol describes a simple method to quantify vascular smooth muscle cell-mediated calcium precipitation in vitro by fluorescent imaging. Medicine Orthotopic Kidney Auto-Transplantation in a Porcine Model Using 24 Hours Organ Preservation And Continuous Telemetry Wen-Jia Liu*1,2, Lisa Ernst*2, Benedict Doorschodt2, Jan Bednarsch1, Felix Becker3, Richi Nakatake2, Yuki Masano2, Ulf Peter Neumann1,4, Sven Arke Lang1, Peter Boor5, Isabella Lurje6, Georg Lurje1,6, René Tolba2, Zoltan Czigany1,2 1Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, 2Institute for Laboratory Animal Science, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, 3Department of General-, Visceral-, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, 4Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), 5Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, 6Department of Surgery, Campus Charité Mitte | Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Large animal models play an essential role in preclinical transplantation research. Due to its similarities to the clinical setup, the porcine model of orthotopic kidney auto-transplantation described in this article provides an excellent in vivo setting for the testing of organ preservation techniques and therapeutic interventions.
