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Isolation of CD 90+ Fibroblast/Myofibroblasts from Human Frozen Gastrointestinal Specimens.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - 31 Jan 2016
Johnson Paul, Beswick Ellen J, Chao Celia, Powell Don W, Hellmich Mark R, Pinchuk Iryna V
Abstract excerpt
Fibroblasts/myofibroblasts (MFs) have been gaining increasing attention for their role in pathogenesis and their contributions to both wound healing and promotion of the tumor microenvironment. While there are currently many techniques for the isolation of MFs from gastrointestinal (GI) tissues, this protocol introduces a novel element of isolation of these stromal cells from frozen tissue. Freezing GI tissue...
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