Zona Industrial da Gandra 1 article published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Generation of Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells with Differing Sialylated Phenotypes Vanessa C. C. Luz1,2, Zélia Silva1,2, Patrícia Sobral1,2,3, Ankit Tanwar4,5, Rachel L. Paterson6, Paula A. Videira1,2,7 1Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2UCIBIO - Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 3LAQV and REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 4Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 5Department of Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 6Stemmatters, Biotecnologia e Medicina Regenerativa SA, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia Avepark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, 7CDG & Allies - Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies - PPAIN), Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa A unique, comprehensive protocol to generate de-sialylated human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (mo-DCs) from isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) using a sialidase treatment is presented. Further, methods to assess the phenotypic and functional characterization of mo-DCs and evaluate how sialidase treatment improves the maturation level of mo-DCs are described.
