Human Lung Fibroblasts

Accelerate your lead compound selection by using a validated primary human lung fibroblast

Primary, low passage and validated human lung fibroblasts

Available from healthy donor and IPF donor

Validated for high-content, high-sensitivity imaging and advanced image analysis

Human lung fibroblasts to assess the potential of anti-fibrotic therapeutics.

At Newcells Biotech, our human primary lung fibroblasts – sometimes referred to as human pulmonary fibroblasts – undergo rigorous quality controls (QCs) as they form the basis for a high-throughput, high-sensitivity (HTHS) assay. This is offered as one of the models in our lung airway models service.

As part of these quality control measures, the human lung fibroblasts are tested for their ability to to replicate in vitro fibroblast-to-myofibroblast (FMT assay) transition by stimulation with TGF-β1. This mimics fibroblast activation and extracellular matrix deposition. The primary human lung fibroblasts are also validated for high-content, high-sensitivity imaging and advanced image analysis in our state-of-the-art imaging suite.

At Newcells Biotech, we also offer a human small airway epithelial cell model and services including our FMT assay and lung toxicity service. We can support a range of research and preclinical decision making with our range of lung airway models and services.

Application

- High-throughput, high-sensitivity lung FMT assay

Available analytical readouts from assays using activated primary lung fibroblasts

High-throughput imaging
Primary cells count
Quantification of extracellular collagen I deposition
Quantification of α-SMA expression
Quantification of α-SMA strand perimeter

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Human Lung Fibroblasts stimulated with TGF-β for 72 hours and immunostained to detect collagen I, as a measure of extracellular matrix production and deposition. — Human Lung Fibroblasts stimulated with TGF-β1 and immunostained to detect extracellular collagen I, as a marker of extracellular matrix deposition.

Origin

Healthy and IPF donor

Assay window

72 h

Lead time

4 to 6 weeks

Applications

High-throughput High Sensitivity (HTHS) FMT Assay (384-well format)

Cell types

Primary human lung fibroblasts

Origin

Human (Healthy donor)
Human (Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) donor)

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Accelerate your compound selection by understanding compound efficacy against pulmonary fibrosis with primary human lung fibroblast cells

Newcells Biotech have developed a high-throughput, high-sensitivity model of lung FMT with validated human primary lung fibroblasts for the study of fibroblast activation and extracellular collagen I production following stimulation with the well-established fibrotic mediator, TGF-β1.

The FMT assay set-up allows testing of small molecules for their ability to prevent fibroblast activation and ECM deposition. The FMT assay enables further understanding of compound efficacy to advance drug-discovery programs by:

Evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic candidates targeting primary lung fibrosis
Determining compound efficacy using physiologically relevant assay conditions and high-throughput screening
Gathering detailed insights with high-content, high-sensitivity imaging and advanced image analysis
Validated Primary Human Lung Fibroblast model Low passage, primary lung fibroblast models isolated from adult donor lung tissue (healthy donor or IPF-diseased donor)
Validated donors respond to TGF-β1 stimulation and reproducibly undergo lung FMT assay
Assay setup uses multiple donors to better evaluate donor-to-donor variability

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Low passage normal human primary fibroblasts isolated from adult lung tissue
Available from multiple donors including both healthy and IPF donors

Images

Fibroblasts to Myofibroblast transition — Human Lung Fibroblasts stimulated with TGF-β1 and immunostained to detect α-SMA, as a measure of fibroblast to myofibroblast transition.

How to use our primary human lung fibroblast model?

Outsource your experiments to us

Take advantage of our expertise: with our fast and reliable service at Newcells Biotech, our in-house experts collaborate with you to design experiments focused on your hypothesis. Our primary human lung fibroblast model is offered as part of our fast and reliable service that presents key information and insights into the ability of anti-fibrotic therapeutics to reduce fibroblast growth, activation and matrix deposition in – vivo. This service is performed by our team of lung experts at our cutting-edge facilities.

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Newcells Biotech's HTHS FMT Assay

Our high-throughput, high-sensitivity FMT assay permits the screening of multiple, anti-fibrotic test articles over a range of concentrations. Our streamlined process generates experimental readouts within 4-6 weeks from study initiation. The assay set-up allows testing of small molecules for their ability to prevent fibroblast activation and ECM deposition across multiple concentrations. Through multiplexed detection methods, we can simultaneously quantify cell number, α-SMA expression, α-SMA strand perimeter and extracellular collagen I deposition, maximizing experimental yields.

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Human Lung Fibroblasts