Journal: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Article Title: A novel agarose-free, standardized generation and versatile ECM characterization of decellularized scaffolds from normal and fibrotic human lung tissue
doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2026.1772891
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cultivation of highly pure human primary fibroblasts from fibrotic end-stage lungs. (A–F) Fibroblast culture in early and late stages. (A) High-power magnification of a lung tissue cell isolate 24 h after tissue dissociation and seeding. Various adherent (asterisks) and non-adherent (arrows) cell types are visible. (B) High-power magnification of a lung tissue cell isolate 24 h after tissue dissociation and after one wash/medium change. Non-adherent cells (arrows) have been reduced significantly. Fibroblast-like (elongated) phenotypes (spiky arrows) are visible. (C, D) High- (C) and low-power (D) magnification of the cell culture after 7 days. Activated fibroblasts (dagger) that are increased in size start to form cluster. (E) Low-power magnification of the cell culture after 14 days. Fibroblasts (dagger) start to overgrow other cell types (asterisks). (F) Overview of a 21-day-old culture that has been split once. Fibroblasts (dagger) cover approximately 99% of the surface of the culture plate, other cell types are not visible. Scale bars: 100 μm Original magnifications: ×200 (A–C) ; ×100 (D, E) ; ×40 (F) . (G) Gating strategy to validate the purity of fibroblasts in passage 7 before co-culture. Top section: Isotype control: Exemplary sample of primary human fibroblasts incubated with IgG-FITC, IgG-APC and IgG-VioBlue at passage 7. Bottom section: Exemplary sample of primary human fibroblasts stained with anti-CD90 (conjugate: FITC), anti-CD31 (conjugate: APC) and anti-CD45 (conjugate: VioBlue) at passage 7. APC, Allophycocyanin; FITC, Fluorescein isothiocyanate; FSC-A, Forward scatter area; FSC-H, Forward scatter height; IgG, Immunoglobulin G; SSC-A, Side scatter area.
Article Snippet: Fibroblasts (500,000 cells; passage 7) were resuspended in 100 μL MACS buffer (0.5% (w/v) BSA, 2 mM EDTA) containing fluorophore-conjugated antibodies against CD90 (FITC Anti-human CD90 (Thy-1), clone REA897 Miltenyi Biotec, Cat. No.: 130-114-859), CD31 (APC Anti-human CD31, clone REA1028, Miltenyi Biotec, Cat. No.: 130-117-226), CD45 (VioBlue Anti-human CD45, clone REA747, Miltenyi Biotec, Cat. No.: 130-110-637) each 1:50 dilution or isotype controls (all from Miltenyi Biotec: Isotype FITC recombinant human IgG1, clone REA293, Cat. No.: 130-118-354; Isotype VioBlue recombinant human IgG1, REA293, Cat. No.: 130-117-362; Isotype APC recombinant human IgG1, REA293, Cat. No.: 130-120-709).
Techniques: Cell Culture, Co-Culture Assay, Control, Incubation, Staining