Cell Type to Hydrogel Suggestion Guide
Search the guide to see which hydrogel(s) is/are suggested for the corresponding cell type.
| TISSUE/ORGAN TYPE | CELL TYPE | READY TO USE | HIGH CONCENTRATION | BEHAVIOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta Cell | BL5 human beta cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel 3D, VitroGel MMP | Enhance spheroids formation |
| Beta TC3 cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cellular interactions | |
| Bone | Bone marrow stromal cells (rat) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel MMP | Osteogensic differentiation , Cell attachment and osteoblast differentiation,Cell proliferation, cell viability, and cellular networking. |
| Osteoblasts (rat) | VitroGel MSC, VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell attachment and spreading | |
| Bone marrow stromal cells (bovine) | VitroGel MSC, VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell spreading and osteocalcin expression | |
| Breast | Mammary gland MCF10A | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitrolGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel MMP | Spheroid formation, MMP activity in response to TGF-B1 |
| Mammary epithelium (mouse) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell invasion and dissemination | |
| Cancer/Tumor | Human colorectal carcinoma HCT 116 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation, cell survival, and intercellular networking |
| Huaman colon carcinoma HCT-8 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Glioma U87-MG | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel MMP, VitroGel COL | Cell spreading and acting stress fiber assembly, cell proliferation, spreading, and migration, Cell migration dependent on mechancial force, Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Gliobastoma SF 268 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitrolGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Gliobastoma SF 295 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Glioblastoma SNB75 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Glioblastoma U-251 MG | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Prostate PC3 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel COL, VitroGel IKVAV, VitroGel RGD, VitroGel MMP | Cell proliferation, reduced MMP release, invasion, migration, and spheroid metabolic activity. | |
| Prostate LNCaP | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell attachment, proliferation, and prostate specific antigen release | |
| Prostate CRPC | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and invasion | |
| Prostate DU145 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and invasion | |
| Melanoma B16F10 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel COL, VitroGel YIGSR | Cell migration, invasion, MMP release, cell attachment and spreading | |
| Breast MDA-MB-231 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel MMP, VitroGel 3D | Cell invasion, spreading, proliferation, division, migration, and cluster growth | |
| Fibrosarcoma HT1080 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell infiltration, attachment | |
| Breast T47D | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel COL, VitroGel 3D, VitroGel RGD, VitroGel MMP | Force dependent tubule formation, cell cluster growth, spheroid formation and proliferation | |
| Breast 4T1 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation | |
| Breast CTC | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel 3D, VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation | |
| Breast E0771 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation spheroid formation | |
| Brest AU-565 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation cell matrix interactions | |
| Epithelial ovarian OV-MZ-6 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Spheroid formation and proliferation | |
| Epithelial ovarian SKOV-3 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Spheroid formation and proliferation | |
| Glioma U373-MG | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel MMP | Cell adhesion, invasion and migration | |
| Rhabdomyosarcoma (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel YIGSR | Cell attachment and spreading | |
| Melanoma SK-MEL-28 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel IKVAV | Cell adhesion and proliferation | |
| Melanoma K-1735 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel IKVAV | Cell invasion | |
| Melanoma A2058 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel IKVAV | Collagenolytic activity | |
| Brainstem glioma DIPG | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel MMP | Cell proliferation and survival | |
| Hela Cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel 3D, VitroGel RGD, VitroGel MMP | Cell proliferation | |
| Colorectal adenocarcinoma DLD-1 cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Giloma LRM55 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV, VitroGel MMP | Cell attachment | |
| Melanoma WM 239A | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel MMP | Cell invasion | |
| Melanoma Cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Insulinoma ins-1 (Rat) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Biphasic synovial sarcoma SYO-1 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation, cell matrix interation, and cell survival | |
| Fuji Cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and cell matrix interaction | |
| Chordoma Cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel 3D | Cell proliferation | |
| Bone OSA 1777 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Spheroid and cluster formation | |
| Glioma RuGli | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel COL | Integrin dependent cell adhesion | |
| Breast Cancer MCF-7 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel MMP, VitroGel 3D | Cell proliferation, intercellular connections, morphological changes, MMP expression, and angiogenesis | |
| Liver carcinoma HepG2 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell viability, growth, drug resistance, proliferation, and cellular matrix interaction | |
| Human pancreatic cancer PANC-1 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel MMP | Cell proliferation and cellular interactions | |
| Primary breast (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel MMP | Cell invasion, migration, and dissemination | |
| Ovarian carcinoma OVCAR-3 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel MMP | Cell proliferation, cell matrix interactions | |
| Ovarian OVCA429 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel MMP, VitroGel COL | MMP dependent cell invasion | |
| Human Osteosarcoma KHOS | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel 3D | Cell proliferation and spheroids formation | |
| Human Osteosarcoma U2OS | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel 3D | Cell proliferation and spheroids formation | |
| Priess human lymphoblastoid cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel 3D | Enhance spheroids and cluster formation and promote cell viability. | |
| Cartilage | Chondrocytes (bovine) | VitroGel MSC, VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell viability and proliferation |
| Chondrocytes (human) | VitroGel MSC, VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell viability and proliferation | |
| Connective Tissue | Dermal Fibroblasts (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell viability and spreading |
| Fibroblasts NIH3T3 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Directional cell migration toward gradient and cell spreading dependent on substrata rigidity | |
| Foreskin fibroblasts (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel YIGSR, VitroGel MMP | Cell spreading, substrata degradation, and cell invasion | |
| Skin fibroblasts (skin) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV | Cell adhesion | |
| Epidermal keratinocytes | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell viability | |
| Epithelial Cells | Mouse ovarian follicle cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | 3D cell culture using ES-hydrogel can enhance vitro follicle culture by considering the permeability and stiffness of the gel. |
| Human Nthy-ori 3-1 cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel 3D | Enhance spheroids and cluster formation and promote cell viability. | |
| A549 cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Enhance cell proliferation and cell matrix interactions. | |
| MCF-12A | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Enhance cell proliferation and cell matrix interactions. | |
| Immortalized bronchial epithelial cells HBEC-KRAS | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel 3D | Cell proliferation | |
| Eye | Corneal endothelial B4G12 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit, VitroGel Angiogenesis Assay | VitroGel RGD, Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Cell attachment and spreading |
| Retinal ganglion cells (xenopus) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Neurite outgrowth | |
| Immune Cells | CD8 + T cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel 3D | Enhance spheroids and cluster formation and promote cell viability. |
| Kidney | Human embryonic kidney HEK293 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel HEK293, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | 3D spheroids formation |
| Madin-Darby Canine Kidney | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel HEK293, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel MMP | Epithelial cysts formation | |
| Podocytes (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel HEK293, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Glomerular capillary formation |
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| glomerular endothelial cells (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel HEK293, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit, VitroGel Angiogenesis Assay | VitroGel RGD, Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Glomerular capillary formation |
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| Liver | Hepatocytes (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Filopodia formation and synthesis of albumin and cell attachment |
| Hepatocytes (mouse, rat, swine) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel MMP | Cell viability, spearding, Albumin secretion | |
| Lung | Alveolar basal epithelial A549 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell attachment |
| Alveolar epithelial RLE-6TN | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell attachment and mesenchymal differentiation | |
| Pulmonary fibroblasts LL2 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV | Cell adhesion | |
| HFL1 lung fibroblasts CCL153 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell proliferation and spindle morphology | |
| Lung cancer associated fibroblasts (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Substrata contractility | |
| Lung fibroblasts MCR-5 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | NGF-mediated substrata contraction | |
| Muscle | Myoblasts C2C12 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell proliferation, differentiation, attachment, myofibril formation, myotube formation, and integrin dependent cell adhesion |
| Skeletal myoblasts (mouse) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD | Cell attachment, proliferation, and myofibril formation | |
| Myoblasts (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell adhesion, alignment along fiber, and myotube formation | |
| Myoblasts C25Cl48 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Cell proliferation, differentiation and myotube formation | |
| Neural | Dorsal root ganglion (chick) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL | Neurite formation and force dependent neurite outgrowth |
| Neural PC12 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV | Neurite outgrowth | |
| Neural stem cell/ progenitor cell (rat) | VitroGel STEM, VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV | Cell viability, attachment, and differentiation | |
| Neural stem cell/ progenitor cell (human) | VitroGel STEM, VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV, VitroGel COL | Cell viability, attachment, and differentiation | |
| Schwann cells (rat) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD | Cell attachment and migration | |
| Neural stem cell/ progenitor cell (mouse) | VitroGel STEM | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV | Cell adhesion and differentiation | |
| Cortical astrocytes (rat) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV | Cell adhesion | |
| Spiral ganglion neurons (mouse) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV | Neurite outgrowth | |
| Motor neurons (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel IKVAV | Force dependent neurite outgrowth | |
| Forebrain neurons (human) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel IKVAV | Force dependent neurite outgrowth | |
| Cortical neurons (rat) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel IKVAV | Neuronal viability and neurite outgrowth | |
| Dorsal root ganglion (rat) | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel IKVAV | Neurite outgrowth | |
| Red Blood Cells | Red Blood Cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel 3D | Enhance Spheroids and cluster formation and promote cell viability |
| Pancreas | B-cells MIN6 | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel IKVAV | Reduced apoptosis and increased insulin release |
| Stem Cells | Mesenchymal stem cells (human) | VitroGel MSC | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel IKVAV, VitroGel MMP | Cell viability, proliferation, differentiation, neuronal differntiation, neurite outgrowth, attachment, spreading, viability, and osteoblast differentiation |
| Mesenchymal stem cells (mouse) | VitroGel MSC | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel MMP | Cell spreading and migration | |
| Mesenchymal stem cells (rat) | VitroGel MSC | VitroGel RGD | Cell adhesion and spreading | |
| Embryonic stem cells (mouse) | VitroGel STEM, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel COL, VitroGel YIGSR | Endothelial cell differentiation, neuronal differentiation, and neurite outgrowth | |
| Induced pluripotent stem cells (human) | VitroGel STEM, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel YIGSR, VitroGel IKVAV | Cell viability | |
| Human stem cells from apical papilla SCAP | VitroGel STEM | VitroGel RGD | Cell viability | |
| Hematopoietic Stem Cells | VitroGel STEM | Cell viability | ||
| Adipose derived stem cells (human) | VitroGel MSC | VitroGel RGD, VitroGel 3D, VitroGel IKVAV | Cell viability, cell attachment | |
| Vascular/cardiac | Umbilical vein endothelial cells | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay , VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Cell attachment, proliferation, migration, angiogenesis, gene expression changes, migratory cell infiltration, cell survival, and VEGF dependent migration |
| Neonatal cardiac (rat) | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay, VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix, VitroGel ORGANOID Kit | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Cell attachment, tissue regeneration, and attachment similar to laminin | |
| Aortic smooth muscle cells | VitroGel Hydrogel Matrix | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Cell attachment | |
| Endothelial (human) | VitroGel Angiogenesis Assay | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Cell differentiation | |
| Endotheliocytes | VitroGel Angiogenesis Assay | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Cell migration | |
| Microvascular endothelial cells (human) | VitroGel Angiogenesis Assay | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Cell mobility | |
| Aortic endothelial cells (bovine) | VitroGel Angiogenesis Assay | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Force dependent cell spreading | |
| Capillary endothelial cells (bovine) | VitroGel Angiogenesis Assay | Vitrogel Angiogenesis Assay HC kit | Capillary like network formation |
