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. 1974 Sep;29(5):539–544. doi: 10.1136/thx.29.5.539

A method for evaluating the effects of allograft sterilization procedures on the viability of human fibroblasts

S C W Chalcroft 1, J B Gavin 1, R N Seelye 1
PMCID: PMC470195  PMID: 4139779

Abstract

Chalcroft, S. C. W., Gavin, J. B., and Seelye, R. N. (1974).Thorax, 29, 539-544. A method for evaluating the effects of allograft sterilization procedures on the viability of human fibroblasts. A semiquantitative method for assessing the effects of allograft sterilization procedures on the viability of cultured human fibroblasts is described. The proportions of `viable', `altered', and `non-viable' cells in four groups of fibroblasts on coverslips were estimated using light microscopy and their staining reactions with neutral red and nigrosin. While a control group of fibroblasts remained viable, exposure for one to three weeks to each of three solutions used in allograft preparation produced a progressive transition first to the altered and then to the non-viable category. These findings were confirmed by electron microscopic examination of similarly treated cells grown on millipore filters. Applications of the method are discussed.

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