| Literature DB >> 29675784 |
BarboraBarbora Dvořánková1, Lukáš Lacina2, Karel Smetana1.
Abstract
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) represent a crucial component of cancer microenvironment. CAFs significantly influence biological properties of various types of cancer in terms of local aggressiveness, recurrence, and metastatic behaviour. This chapter summarizes a simple protocol for isolation of normal fibroblasts and their cancer-associated counterparts from normal human skin and mucosa, respectively, as well as from samples of human tumours such as basal/squamous carcinoma, melanoma, and breast cancer, and employment of this procedure for other types of cancer is possible. Isolated fibroblasts can be expanded in vitro and employed for further analysis of, e.g., DNA, RNA, protein, etc.Entities:
Keywords: Cancer microenvironment; Cancer-associated fibroblast; Cell cultivation; Fibroblast; Fibroblast isolation
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Year: 2019 PMID: 29675784 DOI: 10.1007/7651_2018_137
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745