STAR Protocols (Dec 2021)

Isolation of mouse Kupffer cells for phenotypic and functional studies

  • Francesco Andreata,
  • Camille Blériot,
  • Pietro Di Lucia,
  • Giorgia De Simone,
  • Valeria Fumagalli,
  • Xenia Ficht,
  • Cristian Gabriel Beccaria,
  • Mirela Kuka,
  • Florent Ginhoux,
  • Matteo Iannacone

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 4
p. 100831

Abstract

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Summary: Here, we provide detailed protocols for the isolation of mouse Kupffer cells – the liver-resident macrophages – for phenotypic (e.g., via flow cytometry, mass cytometry, or RNA-sequencing) analyses or for functional experiments involving cell culture. The procedures presented can be adapted for the isolation of other hepatic cell populations.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to De Simone et al. (2021).

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