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Isolation of Myeloid Dendritic Cells and Epithelial Cells from Human Thymus
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Cited by 27 •
2013
This protocol details a method to isolate antigen presenting cells from human thymus via different steps of enzymatic digestion of the tissue followed by density centrifugation of the single cell suspension and finally magnetic and/or FACS sorting of the cell populations of interest.
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Studying Interactions between Myeloid Cells and CAR T Cells In Vitro and In Vivo
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2025
Given the limited xenograft models available to study interactions between human CART and myeloid cells, we established in vitro and in vivo models to understand the impacts of human macrophages on CART cells. Findings can potentially be generalized to evaluate macrophage roles in the tumor microenvironment and test macrophage-targeted immunotherapies.
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A Chromatin Assay for Human Brain Tissue
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Cited by 16 •
2008
Until recently, expression studies on human brain were limited to quantification of RNA or protein. With the chromatin immunoprecipitation techniques described in this paper, it will be possible to map histone methylation and other epigenetic regulators of gene expression in postmortem brain.
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Isolation of Cerebral Capillaries from Human Brain: An Optimized Method to Extract Cerebral Capillaries from Human Brain Tissue
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2025
This video presents the isolation of cerebral capillaries from a fresh human brain tissue. The isolated capillaries can then be used to generate an ex vivo blood brain barrier model.
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Culture of myeloid dendritic cells from bone marrow precursors
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Cited by 22 •
2008
This video demonstrates the procedure for differentiating myeloid dendritic cells from mouse bone marrow. Isolation of mouse tibia and femur, and processing of bone marrow are demonstrated. Pictures demonstrating cell morphology before and after differentiation, and figures depicting cell phenotype and IL-12 production following maturation using CpG are shown.
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Pattern-recognition receptors allow these immune cells to sense molecular signals associated with tissue damage or infection. That detection initiates inflammatory signaling and can promote phagocytosis, antigen presentation, or tissue-repair activity. In the central nervous system, the resulting response must address harmful stimuli while limiting inflammation that could disrupt neural tissue or interfere with normal neurological function.
The blood-brain barrier helps shape which immune signals and cells interact with the central nervous system. Its influence is especially important when comparing resident populations with monocytes that enter from the circulation. Considering this barrier helps researchers interpret how infection, tissue damage, and inflammatory communication affect immune activity inside the brain rather than treating the nervous system as an unrestricted immune environment.
Communication with neurons, astrocytes, and other immune cells helps determine how brain myeloid populations respond after damage or infection. These cellular interactions can influence the balance among inflammatory signaling, phagocytosis, antigen presentation, and tissue repair. Examining the surrounding cellular network therefore provides context for why similar immune cells may contribute to either protection or harmful neuroinflammation.
Studies should evaluate how myeloid populations detect the pathogen, coordinate inflammatory signaling, and engage functions such as phagocytosis or antigen presentation. They should also consider the blood-brain barrier and communication with neural and immune cells. Together, these features help clarify how host defense operates within the central nervous system and how protective responses may contribute to neurological injury.
These studies can connect specific immune activities with the broader course of neuroinflammation. Researchers can examine whether cellular responses emphasize pathogen defense, removal of damaged material, antigen presentation, or tissue repair, and how those activities relate to communication with neurons and astrocytes. This information helps distinguish immune contributions that support recovery from those associated with harmful inflammation.
Understanding brain myeloid signaling can guide strategies aimed at reducing damaging inflammation without eliminating immune protection. The relevant goal is not simply to suppress immune activity, because these cells also participate in host defense, phagocytosis, antigen presentation, and repair. Studying their interactions and responses may therefore support more selective approaches to neurological disease and neuroinvasive infection.