Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) represent a crucial component of cancer microenvironment. CAFs significantly influence biological properties of various types of cancer in terms of local aggressiveness, recurrence, and metastatic behaviour. This chapter summarizes a simple protocol for isolation of normal fibroblasts and their cancer-associated counterparts from normal human skin and mucosa, respectively, as well as from samples of human tumours such as basal/squamous carcinoma, melanoma, and breast cancer, and employment of this procedure for other types of cancer is possible. Isolated fibroblasts can be expanded in vitro and employed for further analysis of, e.g., DNA, RNA, protein, etc.

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• fibroblasty asociované s nádorem patologie   MeSH
• fibroblasty cytologie   MeSH
• kultivované buňky MeSH
• kůže cytologie   MeSH
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• nádory patologie   MeSH
• separace buněk metody   MeSH
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