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Isolation and characterisation of human cardiac fibroblasts from explanted adult hearts.
Cell and tissue research - 1 Oct 1996
Neuss M, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Hildebrandt A, Fleck E
Abstract excerpt
Fibrosis makes an important contribution to the pathophysiological events leading to the development of heart failure in ischemic and hypertensive heart disease. Since cardiac fibroblasts are mainly responsible for the synthesis and deposition of the extracellular matrix, we have established a method for isolating and cultivating human cardiac fibroblasts from explanted human hearts. The cell yield was...
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