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Generating Neurons by Reprogramming Human Dermal Fibroblast Cells
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2025
The video demonstrates the generation of neurons from adult human dermal fibroblasts (aHDFs). The aHDFs are reprogrammed using a lentiviral vector carrying genes for neuronal transcription factors and short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs). The shRNAs inhibit the expression of a neuronal transcriptional repressor, and the neuronal transcription factors activate genes to differentiate aHDFs into neurons. These reprogrammed aHDFs are cultured in an early and a late neuronal conversion medium to generate...
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Murine Dermal Fibroblast Isolation by FACS
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2016
Fibroblast behavior underlies a spectrum of clinical entities, but they remain poorly characterized, largely due to their inherent heterogeneity. Traditional fibroblast research relies upon in vitro manipulation, masking in vivo fibroblast behavior. We describe a FACS-based protocol for the isolation of mouse skin fibroblasts that does not require cell culture.
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Isolation, Culture, and Characterization of Primary Dermal Fibroblasts from Human Keloid Tissue
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2023
This study describes an optimized protocol for establishing primary fibroblasts from keloid tissues that can effectively and steadily provide pure and viable fibroblasts.
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Experimental Generation of Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs) from Human Mammary Fibroblasts
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2011
Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) rich in myofibroblasts present within the tumour stroma, play a major role in driving tumour progression. We developed a coimplantation tumour xengraft model for experimentally generating CAFs from human mammary fibroblasts. The protocol describes how to establish CAF myofibroblasts that acquire an ability to promote tumourigenesis.
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Naïve Adult Stem Cells Isolation from Primary Human Fibroblast Cultures
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2013
We report a method to isolate naïve multipotent skin-derived precursor (SKP) cells from primary human fibroblast cultures. We show that these SKPs derived from fibroblast cultures share similar stem cell properties to the ones derived directly from human skin biopsies. These cells express the neural crest marker, nestin, in addition to the multipotent markers such as OCT4 and Nanog.
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They influence skin strength by producing and maintaining extracellular-matrix components, including collagen and elastin. Collagen contributes structural support, while elastin supports elasticity; glycosaminoglycans also contribute to the matrix environment. By regulating these components, fibroblasts help preserve dermal organization and mechanical performance, and changes in their activity can affect how skin responds to injury or age-related processes.
Biochemical signals and tissue injury can alter fibroblast activity, changing how these cells synthesize and maintain extracellular-matrix components. During wound healing, this responsive behavior supports repair by adapting matrix production to the needs of damaged tissue. The same signaling context is important for studying how normal repair differs from excessive matrix accumulation associated with fibrosis.
These matrix components provide complementary information about fibroblast function. Collagen reflects structural matrix production, elastin relates to tissue elasticity, and glycosaminoglycans contribute to the surrounding extracellular environment. Examining their synthesis helps connect cellular activity with changes in skin structure, repair, and mechanical behavior, making them useful readouts in studies of disease, aging, and biomaterial responses.
Cultured human dermal fibroblasts allow investigators to examine how cell-matrix interactions and altered cellular activity relate to fibrosis or aging. In fibrosis research, attention can focus on excessive or dysregulated matrix production. In aging studies, fibroblast behavior can be compared in relation to changes in matrix maintenance. These models help connect cellular processes with broader changes in skin condition.
Cultured cells provide a controllable model for examining fibroblast interactions with the extracellular matrix and responses to biochemical signals. Investigators can use this system to study processes relevant to skin repair, inflammation, fibrosis, aging, and disease without relying only on observations of intact tissue. The resulting data can clarify how cellular activity may influence matrix organization and repair-related outcomes.
Researchers can use cultured human dermal fibroblasts to investigate how candidate biomaterials interact with skin-relevant connective-tissue cells. Observations of fibroblast activity and matrix-related behavior help assess whether a material supports conditions relevant to repair or tissue restoration. This application links cell biology with biomaterial development and can inform strategies designed to improve damaged-skin treatment or engineered tissue.
Their matrix-producing activity makes human dermal fibroblasts relevant to strategies that aim to restore damaged skin. In wound-repair studies, researchers examine how fibroblast responses support tissue recovery. In tissue engineering, the cells help investigate whether a developing approach can promote suitable cell-matrix interactions and structural restoration. These studies connect cellular behavior with the broader goal of rebuilding functional skin.
They provide a skin-relevant cellular system for examining changes in extracellular-matrix maintenance, biochemical responsiveness, and repair-associated activity. Because these processes influence dermal structure and mechanical strength, altered fibroblast behavior can offer insight into disease-related tissue changes. Cultured models also support comparisons of cellular responses during investigations of skin pathology, biomaterials, and potential wound-repair approaches.