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Fibroblasts

(noun) Plural form of fibroblast.

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bystander cell - bystander effect (fibroblasts)

... by it. E.g. uninvolved T-cells or B-cells through cytokine secretion. Is this correct? Does somebody have a more accurate deffinition? Can fibroblasts be called bystander cells in terms of vaccination? I also found the term: Bystander effect. Does this mean the effect of the process on ...

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by pirol
Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:43 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: bystander cell - bystander effect (fibroblasts)
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Views: 150

membrane cholesterol

... someone here might have an insight. I'd like to know what the absolute, or relative, abundance of cholesterol is in ECs compared with SMC and fibroblasts. There are ways to measure it, but I'm not having any luck with my specific question. My guess is that there are those out there working ...

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by ianawhite
Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:31 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: membrane cholesterol
Replies: 4
Views: 798

Lipofectamine transfection problems

Hey all, I really need some help. Recently, I have been transfecting Mouse embryonic fibroblasts with MEFs and in the past I haven't had any significant problems, but this time for some reason, after the transfection is done and I change the media, next day, they ...

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by kartikv
Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:31 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Lipofectamine transfection problems
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Views: 543

Re: question about skin cells elaboration

... patients. People are trying, but you can’t do that sort of thing (yet) with an organ like the liver or kidney. Skin cells (well, specifically fibroblasts) are a reasonably homogeneous population of cells compared to “liver” or “kidney” cells. Part of the normal function of fibroblasts is to ...

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by blcr11
Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:12 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: question about skin cells elaboration
Replies: 1
Views: 647

Re: How to know how to do the electroporation?

... their efficacy. I’m strictly a Ca-induced-transfections-into-bacteria kind of person, although I know that the same (Ca-induced) method works for fibroblasts, at least.

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by blcr11
Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:53 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: How to know how to do the electroporation?
Replies: 1
Views: 443
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