Table 1.

List of Freshly Isolated Strains of Normal and Keloid Fibroblasts Used in the Study

Type	Cell strain	Ethnic background	Gender	Age	Location
Normal skin	N-A*	Unknown	Male	NB	Foreskin
Normal skin	N144	African American	Male	NB	Foreskin
Normal skin	N-J	Caucasian	Female	28	Chest/breast
Normal skin	N-M	African American	Female	29	Ear
Normal skin	N-N	African American	Female	29	Chest/breast
Normal skin	N-R	Caucasian	Female	53	Facial/eyelid
Normal skin	N-Y	Caucasian	Female	25	Post ear
Normal skin	N-(K-F)	African American	Female	50	Ear
Keloid	K-A	African American	Male	59	Neck
Keloid	K-C3	African American	Male	17	Ear
Keloid	K-F	African American	Female	50	Ear Lobe
Keloid	K-G	African-American	Male	38	Post ear
Keloid	K-I	Middle Eastern	Female	15	Post ear
Keloid	K-Ea	Middle Eastern	Female	15	Face
Keloid	K-J	African American	Female	70	Back

^*Strain not included in Figure 2. NB = New Born.