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An Assay to Assess Phagocytosis and Oxidative Burst Activity In Granulocytes and Monocytes
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2025
This video demonstrates the assay to confirm phagocytic activity by cells in human blood via flow cytometry. The granulocytes and monocytes confirm their phagocytic activity by showing green and red fluorescence confirming the presence of engulfed bacteria and oxidative burst activity respectively.
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Measuring Granulocyte and Monocyte Phagocytosis and Oxidative Burst Activity in Human Blood
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2016
The purpose of this manuscript is to present a method for measuring monocyte and granulocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity in human blood samples.
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Granulocyte-dependent Autoantibody-induced Skin Blistering
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2012
In the animal model described in our present work, purified IgG antibodies against a stretch of 200 amino acids (aa 757-967) of collagen VII are injected repeatedly into mice reproducing the blistering phenotype as well as the histo- and immunopathological features characteristic to human epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA)1.
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In Vitro Differentiation of Mouse Granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating Factor (GM-CSF)-producing T Helper (THGM) Cells
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2018
Here, we present a protocol to differentiate murine granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating-factor-producing T helper (THGM) cells from naive CD4+ T cells, including isolation of naive CD4+ T cells, differentiation of THGM, and analysis of differentiated THGM cells. This method can be applied to studies of the regulation and function of THGM cells.
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Image-based Flow Cytometry Technique to Evaluate Changes in Granulocyte Function In Vitro
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2014
This method demonstrates a technique for assessing granulocyte function by simultaneously measuring phagocytosis of bacteria and oxidative burst. Image-based flow cytometry allowed for the identification of three distinct subsets of activated granulocytes that all differed in their relative functional capacity.
FAQs
Chemical signals direct granulocytes toward affected tissues, where they encounter potential targets and initiate coordinated responses. This sequence links migration with recognition, allowing cells to concentrate defensive actions at sites containing microbes or damaged material rather than distributing them uniformly throughout the body. The process provides rapid local protection during infection and inflammation.
These mechanisms provide complementary forms of defense. Phagocytosis enables cellular uptake of targets, reactive oxygen species supply antimicrobial activity, and degranulation releases stored substances that act in the surrounding environment. Their coordination can improve elimination of bacteria, fungi, parasites, and damaged material, while the intensity and duration of each response influence tissue effects.
Granulocyte responses are protective when directed and temporary, but prolonged or excessive activity can expose surrounding tissue to antimicrobial reactive oxygen species and released granular substances. Inflammatory damage may therefore accompany efforts to remove infection or damaged material. Understanding this balance is important when interpreting disease processes and considering approaches that target inflammation.
Assessment can focus on several linked outcomes, including migration toward chemical signals, target recognition, phagocytosis, reactive oxygen species production, degranulation, extracellular trap formation, and mediator release. Examining these features helps characterize how granulocytes respond during infection or inflammation and supports immune monitoring by showing which parts of the response are active.
Granulocyte activity studies provide information about cellular responses associated with infection, inflammation, and tissue damage. Patterns in migration, antimicrobial mechanisms, trap formation, or mediator release may help researchers identify measurable features for immune monitoring. Such findings can contribute to diagnostic methods by linking observed cellular behavior with relevant infectious or inflammatory conditions.
Research can reveal which parts of the granulocyte response contribute to microbial elimination and which may promote host-tissue injury when sustained. This distinction informs the development of targeted therapies intended to influence specific immune processes rather than treating granulocyte responses as a single, uniform event. The work is relevant across infectious and inflammatory disease research.