Generating Primary Fibroblast Cultures from Mouse Ear and Tail TissuesMuznah Khan 1, Stephan Gasser 1,2
1Immunology Program, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore
We describe a simple and quick experimental procedure for generating primary fibroblasts from the ears and tails of mice. The procedure does not require special animal training and can be used for the generation of fibroblast cultures from ears stored at RT for up to 10 days.