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Chapters
- 00:05Introduction
- 00:52Heart Dissection
- 01:56Enzymatic Dissociation of the Heart
- 04:42Fibroblast Isolation by Differential Plating
- 06:00Isolation of Fibroblasts Using Magnetic Beads
- 08:24Results: Fibroblasts in Injured and Uninjured Mouse Hearts
- 09:57Conclusion
Obtaining a pure population of fibroblasts is crucial to studying their role in wound repair and fibrosis. Described here is a detailed method to isolate fibroblasts and myofibroblasts from uninjured and injured mouse hearts followed by characterization of their purity and functionality by immunofluorescence, RTPCR, fluorescence-assisted cell sorting, and collagen gel contraction.
