| CPC C12N 5/0068 (2013.01) [C12N 5/0676 (2013.01); C12N 2501/998 (2013.01); C12N 2533/52 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |

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1. A method for maintaining the phenotype of a differentiated cell in a cell culture, comprising:
providing a cell culture substrate as a layer on a surface, the layer comprising a laminin, wherein the laminin is an intact protein or a protein fragment;
plating the differentiated cell directly on the cell culture substrate; and
culturing the plated differentiated cell on the layer in a xeno-free and chemically defined cell culture medium, wherein the cell culture medium has a human serum albumin concentration of at least 0.3 mM;
whereby the phenotype of the differentiated cell is maintained in the cell culture;
wherein the laminin is laminin-521 and/or laminin-511, and wherein the differentiated cell is a keratinocyte.
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