Characterization of cardiac fibroblasts.
CFs were cultured for 10 d. Phase contrast images and
immunocytochemistry confirmed that CFs from all strains exhibit similar
mesenchymal morphology (Figure 1A) and immunostaining with an antibody
against Vimentin (green). Almost all cells expressed the fibroblast
marker Vimentin (Fig.1B) negative for α-SMA, vWF or cTnT(not showed) .