Westmead Institute for Medical Research 2 articles published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Characterization of Human Monocyte Subsets by Whole Blood Flow Cytometry Analysis Rekha Marimuthu1,2, Habib Francis1,2, Suat Dervish3, Stephen C.H. Li4, Heather Medbury*1,2, Helen Williams*1,2 1Department of Surgery, Vascular Biology Research Centre, Westmead Hospital, 2Westmead Clinical School, Department of Surgery, The University of Sydney, 3Westmead Research Hub, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, 4Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital Here we present a protocol for characterizing monocyte subsets by whole blood flow cytometry. This includes outlining how to gate the subsets and assess their expression of surface markers and giving an example of the assessment of the expression of M1 (inflammatory) and M2 markers (anti-inflammatory). Medicine High-throughput Flow Cytometry Cell-based Assay to Detect Antibodies to N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor or Dopamine-2 Receptor in Human Serum Mazen Amatoury1, Vera Merheb1, Jessica Langer1, Xin Maggie Wang2, Russell Clive Dale1, Fabienne Brilot1 1Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Kids Research Institute at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, 2Flow Cytometry Centre, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research Over the recent years, live cell-based assays have been used successfully to detect antibodies against surface and conformational antigens. Here, we describe a method using high-throughput flow cytometry enabling the analysis of large cohorts of patients. Detection of novel antibodies will improve diagnosis and treatment of immune-mediated disorders.
