Murine Monocyte and Macrophage Culture.

Myeloid progenitors in the bone marrow generate monocytes, macrophages, granulocytes and most dendritic cells. Even though these innate immune cells are part of the same lineage, each cell type plays a specific and critical role in tissue development, host defense and the generation of adaptive immunity. Protocols have been developed in the past to differentiate myeloid cell types from bone marrow cells, enabling functional investigation and furthering our understanding about their contribution to mammalian physiology. In this protocol, we describe a simple and rapid method to isolate monocytes from murine bone marrow, culture them for up to 5 days and lastly, differentiate them into bone marrow derived macrophages (Figure 1). Graphic abstract: Figure 1.Experimental outline depicting steps for murine monocyte and macrophage culture.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Bio-protocol

• Publication date

  2021-03-20

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.21769/BioProtoc.3928PMID 33855110PMCID PMC8032491
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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