Is it possible to treat cells in vitro with human plasma collected into sodium citrate or heparin tubes?

08 February 2022 0 9K Report

Hello, I would like to ask if anyone has experience to treat cells with human plasma? Is it possible to use sodium citrate or maybe heparin tubes? Are there some pitfalls? I know that EDTA is not suitable because coagulant will form on the cell layer.

Thank you very much for your help.

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