Cancer Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs)-Flow Cytometry and Immunostaining Results

If they Walk and Talk Like CAFs, They Are!

We are experiencing growing demand for are CAFs. They are closely associated with primary tumor cells and participate in the neoplastic process. There is reciprocal communication between CAFs and tumor cells through paracrine effects of secreted growth factors, cytokines & chemokines from both fibroblasts, tumor cells and other tumor-associated cells.

Potential users are asking how well the cells are characterized. The purpose of this posting is to share key gene expression data:

CELL LINES	CD105	CD90	CD44	CD326	CD133	FAP
SC00A1 (hMSCs)	+	+	+	-	-	-
SC00A5 (pancreatic fibroblasts)	+	+	+	-	-	-
CAF05 (colorectal CAFs)	+	+	+	-	-	+
CAF07-AD (adenocarcinoma lung CAFs)	+	+	+	-	-	+
CAF08 (Pancreatic Stellate CAFs)	+	+	+	-	-	+

Table: expression of key proteins

Images: Human Lung Adenocarcinoma CAFs stained with Vimentin, aSMA, b-Catenin and DAPI (blue),

Cancer Associated Fibroblasts Gene Expression Data(pdf - 784Kb)-Flow Cytometry and Immunostaining Results.

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