Can anyone please suggest a normal breast-associated fibroblasts (NAF) and Breast carcinoma associated fibroblast(CAF) cell line..??

08 August 2016 1 7K Report

Hello friends, Can anyone please suggest a normal breast-associated fibroblasts (NAF) and Breast carcinoma associated fibroblast(CAF) cell line..??

One more query, I have HaCat cell line, can it be of any use in relation to above cell lines...??

S Ashraf Imam

Primary culture of breast cancer-associated fibroblasts are commercially available. However, they are not established cell lines.

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