Safety Assessments for Human Skin Fibroblasts Cultured in Vitro / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Conduct safety assessments of the established human skin fibroblast line. Methods A series of safety assessments were performed including cell morphology,chromosome karyotyping,soft-agar test,nude mice carcinogenic test,endotoxin test,mycoplasma determination,detection of viral agent,bacteria,fungi sterile tests and abnormal toxicity test.Results No abnormal changes were observed.Conclusion The fibroblast obtained from skin is a kind of safety and reliable target cell for gene therapy.