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Rapid Culturing of Primary Murine Melanocytes and Fibroblasts: Isolating Melanocytes and Fibroblasts from Whole Murine Skin Sample
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2023
This video describes the rapid method to isolate and culture the melanocytes and fibroblast simultaneously from the postnatal mouse pup’s skin. These cells can be maintained and manipulated in vitro to study skin cell biology, wound healing, and melanoma.
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Protocol for the Direct Conversion of Murine Embryonic Fibroblasts into Trophoblast Stem Cells
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2016
Here we present a protocol for the direct conversion of murine embryonic fibroblasts into fully functional and stable trophoblast stem cells by ten day over-expression of Tfap2c, Gata3, Eomes and Ets2.
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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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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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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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These cells synthesize collagen and other matrix proteins, then help maintain the surrounding extracellular scaffold. Matrix production can therefore influence tissue structure while providing a context for changes in proliferation, migration, and differentiation. Studying this activity helps researchers connect altered matrix production with broader changes in connective-tissue behavior.
Growth factors and cytokines act as signals that can modify fibroblast proliferation, migration, or differentiation. Nearby cells also contribute regulatory cues, so the response reflects communication within the cellular environment rather than an isolated cell process. Cultured cells allow investigators to examine how particular signaling conditions change these behaviors.
Because these fibroblasts originate from mice, their responses provide a defined species-specific context for studying connective-tissue mechanisms. That origin is especially useful when experiments examine mutations, environmental conditions, or treatments that alter cell behavior. Researchers can then interpret changes within a controlled murine biological model rather than an unspecified cellular source.
Researchers can examine how environmental conditions, genetic mutations, or experimental treatments affect matrix production and cellular behavior. Measured changes may include altered proliferation, migration, differentiation, or responses associated with inflammation and repair. This makes the cells useful for linking a particular perturbation to mechanisms involved in connective-tissue regulation.
The workflow begins with isolation of fibroblast cells from mouse connective tissue, followed by maintaining them in laboratory culture. Once cultured, the cells can be examined under defined experimental conditions or exposed to treatments and environmental changes. This approach provides a workable system for comparing cellular responses across different biological or experimental states.
Cultured murine fibroblasts are appropriate when a study focuses on wound healing, fibrosis, inflammation, cell signaling, or genetic function in connective-tissue cells. They also support experiments testing how mutations, environmental conditions, or treatments influence cellular behavior. Their adaptability to laboratory culture makes repeated investigation of these processes practical within a defined model.