Ideal for Aortic Tissue Homogenization
Do you spend lots of time and effort homogenizing aortic tissue samples? The Bullet Blender® tissue homogenizer delivers high quality and superior yields. No other homogenizer comes close to delivering the Bullet Blender’s winning combination of top-quality performance and budget-friendly affordability. See below for a aortic tissue homogenization protocol.
Save Time, Effort and Get Superior Results with
The Bullet Blender Homogenizer
Consistent and High Yield Results
Run up to 24 samples at the same time under microprocessor-controlled conditions, ensuring experimental reproducibility and high yield. Process samples from 10mg or less up to 3.5g.No Cross Contamination
No part of the Bullet Blender ever touches the tissue – the sample tubes are kept closed during homogenization. There are no probes to clean between samples.Samples Stay Cool
The Bullet Blenders’ innovative and elegant design provides convective cooling of the samples, so they do not heat up more than several degrees. In fact, our Gold+ models hold the sample temperature to about 4ºC.Easy and Convenient to Use
Just place beads and buffer along with your tissue sample in standard tubes, load tubes directly in the Bullet Blender, select time and speed, and press start.Risk Free Purchase
Thousands of peer-reviewed journal articles attest to the consistency and quality of the Bullet Blender homogenizer. We offer a 2 year warranty, extendable to 4 years, because our Bullet Blenders are reliable and last for many years.Aortic Tissue Homogenization Protocol
Sample size |
See the Protocol |
| microcentrifuge tube model (up to 300 mg) | Small aortic samples |
| 5mL tube model (100mg - 1g) | Medium aortic samples |
What Else Can You Homogenize? Tough or Soft, No Problem!Â
The Bullet Blender can process a wide range of samples including organ tissue, cell culture, plant tissue, and small organisms. You can homogenize samples as tough as mouse femur or for gentle applications such as tissue dissociation or organelle isolation.
Aortic tissue pieces (on beads in upper photo) are completely homogenized into the buffer (darker in lower photo).Â
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Bullet Blender Models
Select Publications using the Bullet Blender to Homogenize Aortic Tissue
Papke, C. L., Tsunezumi, J., Ringuette, L.-J., Nagaoka, H., Terajima, M., Yamashiro, Y., Urquhart, G., Yamauchi, M., Davis, E. C., & Yanagisawa, H. (2015). Loss of fibulin-4 disrupts collagen synthesis and maturation: implications for pathology resulting from EFEMP2 mutations. Human Molecular Genetics, 24(20), 5867–5879. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddv308
Reho, J. J., Zheng, X., Asico, L. D., & Fisher, S. A. (2015). Redox signaling and splicing dependent change in myosin phosphatase underlie early versus late changes in NO vasodilator reserve in a mouse LPS model of sepsis. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 308(9), H1039–H1050. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00912.2014
Rotllan, N., Chamorro-Jorganes, A., Araldi, E., Wanschel, A. C., Aryal, B., Aranda, J. F., Goedeke, L., Salerno, A. G., Ramirez, C. M., Sessa, W. C., Suarez, Y., & Fernandez-Hernando, C. (2015). Hematopoietic Akt2 deficiency attenuates the progression of atherosclerosis. The FASEB Journal, 29(2), 597–610. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.14-262097
Carlström, M., Liu, M., Yang, T., Zollbrecht, C., Huang, L., Peleli, M., Borniquel, S., Kishikawa, H., Hezel, M., Persson, A. E. G., Weitzberg, E., & Lundberg, J. O. (2015). Cross-talk Between Nitrate-Nitrite-NO and NO Synthase Pathways in Control of Vascular NO Homeostasis. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 23(4), 295–306. https://doi.org/10.1089/ars.2013.5481
Gao, N., Huang, J., He, W., Zhu, M., Kamm, K. E., & Stull, J. T. (2013). Signaling through Myosin Light Chain Kinase in Smooth Muscles. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288(11), 7596–7605. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112.427112
Kuang, S.-Q., Kwartler, C. S., Byanova, K. L., Pham, J., Gong, L., Prakash, S. K., Huang, J., Kamm, K. E., Stull, J. T., Sweeney, H. L., & Milewicz, D. M. (2012). Rare, Nonsynonymous Variant in the Smooth Muscle-Specific Isoform of Myosin Heavy Chain, MYH11, R247C, Alters Force Generation in the Aorta and Phenotype of Smooth Muscle Cells. Circulation Research, 110(11), 1411–1422. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.261743
Fox, K. A., Longo, M., Tamayo, E., Gamble, P., Makhlouf, M., Mateus, J. F., & Saade, G. R. (2012). Sex-specific effects of nicotine exposure on developmental programming of blood pressure and vascular reactivity in the C57Bl/6J mouse. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 207(3), 208.e1-208.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.021
Shai, S.-Y., Sukhanov, S., Higashi, Y., Vaughn, C., Rosen, C. J., & Delafontaine, P. (2011). Low circulating insulin-like growth factor I increases atherosclerosis in ApoE-deficient mice. AJP: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 300(5), H1898–H1906. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.01081.2010
Fox, K. A., Longo, M., Tamayo, E., Kechichian, T., Bytautiene, E., Hankins, G. D. V., Saade, G. R., & Costantine, M. M. (2011). Effects of pravastatin on mediators of vascular function in a mouse model of soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1–induced preeclampsia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 205(4), 366.e1-366.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2011.06.083
Rayner, K. J., Suarez, Y., Davalos, A., Parathath, S., Fitzgerald, M. L., Tamehiro, N., Fisher, E. A., Moore, K. J., & Fernandez-Hernando, C. (2010). MiR-33 Contributes to the Regulation of Cholesterol Homeostasis. Science, 328(5985), 1570–1573. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1189862
Lee, Y. W., Lee, W. H., & Kim, P. H. (2010). Role of NADPH oxidase in interleukin-4-induced monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in vascular endothelium. Inflammation Research, 59(9), 755–765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00011-010-0187-3
Lee, Y. W., Lee, W. H., & Kim, P. H. (2010). Oxidative mechanisms of IL-4-induced IL-6 expression in vascular endothelium. Cytokine, 49(1), 73–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2009.08.009
Hou, C. J.-Y., Tsai, C.-H., Su, C.-H., Wu, Y.-J., Chen, S.-J., Chiu, J.-J., Shiao, M.-S., & Yeh, H.-I. (2008). Diabetes Reduces Aortic Endothelial Gap Junctions in ApoE-deficient Mice: Simvastatin Exacerbates the Reduction. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 56(8), 745–752. https://doi.org/10.1369/jhc.2008.950816
