All Trans-Retinoic Acids Facilitate the Remodeling of 2D and 3D Cultured Human Conjunctival Fibroblasts
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparations of the 2D and 3D Cultured Human Conjunctival Fibroblasts (HconF)
2.2. Analysis of Barrier Function of the HconF Cell Monolayer by TEER and FITC Dextran Permeability
2.3. Analysis of Real-Time Bio-Cellular Metabolic Functions
2.4. Evaluation of the Size and Hardness of HconF Cell 3D Spheroids
2.5. Immunocytechemictry of HconF Cells
2.6. Other Analytical Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Tsugeno, Y.; Sato, T.; Watanabe, M.; Higashide, M.; Furuhashi, M.; Umetsu, A.; Suzuki, S.; Ida, Y.; Hikage, F.; Ohguro, H. All Trans-Retinoic Acids Facilitate the Remodeling of 2D and 3D Cultured Human Conjunctival Fibroblasts. Bioengineering 2022, 9, 463. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9090463
Tsugeno Y, Sato T, Watanabe M, Higashide M, Furuhashi M, Umetsu A, Suzuki S, Ida Y, Hikage F, Ohguro H. All Trans-Retinoic Acids Facilitate the Remodeling of 2D and 3D Cultured Human Conjunctival Fibroblasts. Bioengineering. 2022; 9(9):463. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9090463
Chicago/Turabian StyleTsugeno, Yuri, Tatsuya Sato, Megumi Watanabe, Megumi Higashide, Masato Furuhashi, Araya Umetsu, Soma Suzuki, Yosuke Ida, Fumihito Hikage, and Hiroshi Ohguro. 2022. "All Trans-Retinoic Acids Facilitate the Remodeling of 2D and 3D Cultured Human Conjunctival Fibroblasts" Bioengineering 9, no. 9: 463. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9090463