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ArticleNature protocols2008

Isolation and short-term culture of primary keratinocytes, hair follicle populations and dermal cells from newborn mice and keratinocytes from adult mice for in vitro analysis and for grafting to immunodeficient mice.

Ulrike Lichti, Joanna Anders, Stuart H Yuspa

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Article in Nature protocols, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 276 papers.

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276citing papers in PubMed
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276 citing papers in PubMed, 438 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ulrike LichtiNIH/NCI/CCR, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, In vitro Pathogenesis Section, 37 Convent Drive, Building 37/4068, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA. lichtiu@mail.nih.gov
Joanna Anders
Stuart H Yuspa
Cancer Genetics (United States) · USCenter for Cancer Research · US

Funding

MODEL SYSTEMS FOR THE STUDY OF CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS AT THE CELLULAR LEVELZ01BC004504 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI YUSPA, STUART H. · 1996 to 2008
$2.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protocols for preparing and culturing primary keratinocytes from newborn and adult mouse epidermis have evolved over the past 35 years. This protocol is now routinely applied to mice of various genetic backgrounds for in vitro studies of signaling pathways in differentiation and cell transformation, and for assessing the in vivo phenotype of altered keratinocytes in grafts of cells on immunodeficient mice. Crucial in the development and application of the procedure was the observation that keratinocytes proliferate in media of low calcium concentration, but rapidly commit to differentiation at calcium concentrations >0.07 mM after the initial attachment period. Preparing primary keratinocytes from ten newborn mice requires 2-3 h of hands-on time. Related procedures are also provided: preparing immature hair follicle buds, developing dermal hair follicles and fibroblasts from newborn mice, preparing primary keratinocytes from adult mice and grafting cell mixtures on athymic nude mice.

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AnimalsCalciumCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationDermisHair FollicleKeratinocytesMiceMice, Mutant StrainsTissue TransplantationCalcium

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PMID18451788
PMCPMC6299324
OpenAlexW2085512015

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