Figure 1.
Overview of experimental Design. Primary mesenchymal cell populations were isolated from control (N = 3) and IPF (N = 3) human lung tissue and used between passages 2 and 6. FACS was used to isolate a single cell suspension of SSEA4hi cells (hereafter referred to as MPCs). Cells were subjected to live/dead assessment, microscopic evaluation to ensure single cells in each chamber and sequenced on the Fluidigm C1 platform according to the manufacturer’s protocol.