Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of successfully cultured fibroblasts from postmortem human tissue
| Subject # | Site | Sex | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| S01 | Abdomen | M | 74 |
| S02 | Lung | F | 70 |
| S03 | Vocal fold | M | 25 |
| S03 | Trachea | M | 25 |
| S03 | Soft palate | M | 25 |
| S03 | Scalp | M | 25 |
| S03 | Upper Gingiva | M | 25 |
| S04 | Soft Palate | M | 75 |
| S04 | Vocal fold | M | 75 |
| S04 | Upper Gingiva | M | 75 |
| S05 | Soft Palate | F | 32 |
| S05 | Upper Gingiva | F | 32 |
| S05 | Abdomen | F | 32 |
| S05 | Trachea | F | 32 |
| S05 | Scalp | F | 32 |
| S06 | Scalp | M | 73 |
| S06 | Abdomen | M | 73 |
| S07 | Trachea | F | 32 |
| S08 | Vocal fold | M | 89 |
| S08 | Trachea | M | 89 |
| S08 | Upper Gingiva | M | 89 |
| S08 | Lung | M | 89 |
| S09 | Vocal fold | M | 56 |
| S09 | Trachea | M | 56 |
| S09 | Abdomen | M | 56 |
| S09 | Scalp | M | 56 |
| S10 | Abdomen | F | 69 |
| S10 | Scalp | F | 69 |
| S11 | Lung | M | 61 |
| S12 | Vocal fold | F | 58 |
| S13 | Soft Palate | F | 69 |
| S14 | Lung | M | 64 |
| S15 | Lung | F | 37 |
Thirty-three primary human fibroblast cultures were propagated in vitro; obtained from 7 different anatomic locales across 15 cadaveric donors with acquisition of 5 biological replicates from each anatomic location, with the exclusion of gingiva and palatal samples, in which each totaled 4 replicates, respectively