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Preface... Table of Contents... Contributing Authors... Part I: Perspective 1. Human Fibrotic Diseases: Current Challenges in Fibrosis Research Joel Rosenbloom, Edward Macarak, Sonsoles Piera-Velazquez, and Sergio A. Jimenez Part II: Animal Models of Fibrosis 2. The Bleomycin Model of Pulmonary Fibrosis Tianju Liu, Francina Gonzalez De Los Santos, and Sem H. Phan 3. Intra-Dermal Injections of Bleomycin to Model Skin Fibrosis Toshiyuki Yamamoto 4. Assessing the Effects of Fibrosis on Lung Function by Light Microscopy-Coupled Stereology Bartosz Pilecki and Grith Lykke Sorensen 5. Transplanting Human Skin Grafts onto Nude Mice to Model Skin Scars Jie Ding and Edward E. Tredget 6. Hypertrophic Scarring in the Rabbit Ear: A Practical Model for Studying Dermal Fibrosis Layla Nabai and Aziz Ghahary 7. Mouse and Rat Models of Induction of Hepatic Fibrosis and Assessment of Portal Hypertension Sabine Klein, Robert Schierwagen, Frank Erhard Uschner, and Jonel Trebicka 8. Mouse Models of Corneal Scarring Laure Ritti , Audrey E.K. Hutcheon, and James D. Zieske 9. Modeling Cardiac Fibrosis in Mice: (Myo)Fibroblast Phenotype after Ischemia Daniela Fraccarollo, Paolo Galuppo, and Johann Bauersachs 10. Characterization of Mesenchymal-Fibroblast Cells using the Col1a2 Promoter/Enhancer Ian M. H. Li, Amy L. Horwell, Grace Chu, Benoit de Crombrugghe, and Goerge Bou-Gharious Part III: Cell Culture Models 11. Isolation and Culture of Primary Murine Hepatic Stellate Cells Sabine Weiskirchen, Carmen G. Tag, Sibille Sauer-Lehnen, Frank Tacke, and Ralf Weiskirchen 12. Isolation and Culture of Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells from Sub-Cutaneous Fat Lawrence J. Liew, Huan Ting Ong, and Rodney J. Dilley 13. Isolation of Live Fibroblasts by Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting Tripp Leavitt, Michael S. Hu, and Michael T. Longaker 14. Detection of Infiltrating Mast Cells using a Modified Toluidine Blue Staining Nahum Puebla-Osorio, Seri N. E. Sarchio, Stephen E. Ullrich, and Scott N. Byrne 15. Cell-Populated Collagen Lattice Models Beate Eckes, Fang Wang, Laure Ritti , Gabriele Scherr, and Paola Zigrino 16. Traction Force Measurement using Deformable Microposts Tianfa Xie, Jamar Hawkins, and Yubing Sun 17. Mechanical Deformation of Cultured Cells with Hydrogels Christal A. Worthen, Laure Ritti , and Gary J. Fisher 18. Preparation of Decellularized Lung Matrices for Cell Culture and Protein Analysis Franziska E. Uhl, Darcy E. Wagner, and Daniel J. Weiss Part IV: ECM Proteins -- Purification, Quantification, and Analysis 19. Type I Collagen Purification from Rat Tail Tendons Laure Ritti 20. Purification of Human Plasma/Cellular Fibronectin and Fibronectin Fragments Giampiero Pietrocola, Simonetta Rindi, Giulia Nobile, and Pietro Speziale 21. Laser Capture Microdissection of Tissue Sections for High-Throughput RNA Analysis Julia Hoffmann, Jochen Wilhelm, and Grazyna Kwapiszewska 22. Collagen Quantification in Tissue S
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- ISBN-13: 9781493971121
- ISBN-10: 1493971123
- Publisher: Humana
- Publish Date: August 2017
- Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.19 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.56 pounds
- Page Count: 530
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