| CPC C12Q 1/6881 (2013.01) [C12N 5/0656 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A method of preparing a dermal equivalent comprising a sub-population of dermal-hypodermal junction fibroblasts (FJDH) comprising:
(a) providing a biological sample comprising dermal fibroblasts;
(b) sampling a first portion of the biological sample provided in step (a);
(c) measuring the level of COL11A1, UCP2, and KLF9 in the first portion;
(d) determining that the first portion comprises FJDH when (i) the level of COL11A1 is higher than the level of COL11A1 in a reference sample of papillary fibroblasts, (ii) the level of UCP2 is lower than the level of UCP2 in a reference sample of papillary fibroblasts, and (iii) the level of KLF9 is higher than the level of KLF9 in a reference sample of reticular fibroblasts; and
(e) using a unsampled portion of the biological sample provided in step (a) to prepare a dermal equivalent comprising a sub-population of FJDH.
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