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A Simplified and Efficient Method to Isolate Primary Human Keratinocytes from Adult Skin Tissue
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Developmental Biology
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JoVE Journal Developmental Biology
A Simplified and Efficient Method to Isolate Primary Human Keratinocytes from Adult Skin Tissue
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06:17 min

August 25, 2018

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Chapters

  • 00:00Title
  • 00:20Skin Tissue Pretreatment
  • 01:07Digestion of skin tissue
  • 02:11Collecting and culturing primary cells
  • 03:42Cell Passage
  • 04:46Representative results
  • 06:06Conclusion

Summary

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Here we present a protocol to efficiently isolate primary human keratinocytes from adult skin tissues. This method simplifies the conventional procedure by using the ROCK Inhibitor Y-27632 in the inoculation medium to spontaneously separate epidermal cells from dermal cells.

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