Figure 1From: Isolation and culture of smooth muscle cells from human acute type A aortic dissection Isolation of human SMCs from acute TAAD tissues. A: acquisition of acute TAAD tissues; B: removing the intima carefully; C: cutting tunica media into 2-3 mm pieces and digesting with 0.1% type I collagenase; D: using BD Falcon™ Cell Strainer to remove the undigested explants and collect the cells.Back to article page