CULTURE OF URETHRAL FIBROBLASTS - CELL MORPHOLOGY, PROLIFERATION AND EXTRACELLULAR-MATRIX SYNTHESIS
CULTURE OF URETHRAL FIBROBLASTS - CELL MORPHOLOGY, PROLIFERATION AND EXTRACELLULAR-MATRIX SYNTHESIS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-5347(17)35757-9
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发表时间:
1993-10-01
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
HOWARD, PS
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作者:
BASKIN, LS;MACARAK, EJ;HOWARD, PS
The in vitro morphology and proliferative activity of urethral fibroblasts were characterized from primary isolates of fetal bovine urethral spongiosum. Cells were identified as fibroblastic based on their spindle-shaped morphology and lack of expression of phenotypic markers characteristic of either urethral smooth muscle or epithelial cells. Urethral fibroblasts proliferated at a steady rate and did not exhibit contact-inhibition of growth in a culture medium of Medium 199 supplemented with 10% newborn calf serum. Both immunohistochemistry and metabolic labeling analyses of extracellular matrix synthesis demonstrated the presence of collagen types I and III, and fibronectin. Quantitation of the collagenous components of the cell medium revealed that urethral fibroblasts synthesize 85% type I collagen, 14% type III collagen and