A high content, phenotypic ‘scar-in-a-jar’ assay for rapid quantification of collagen fibrillogenesis using disease-derived pulmonary fibroblasts
Abstract Background Excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition is a hallmark feature in fibrosis and tissue remodelling diseases. Typically, mesenchymal cells will produce collagens under standard 2D cell culture conditions, however these do not assemble into fibrils. Existing assays for measur...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Biomedical Engineering |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42490-019-0014-z |