Donor Spleen Cell Migration
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A Mouse Model of Vascularized Heterotopic Spleen Transplantation
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2025
The video demonstrates a surgical method for generating a mouse model of vascularized heterotopic spleen transplantation. The abdominal cavity of an anesthetized donor mouse is surgically opened to remove the spleen. The inferior vena cava and infrarenal aorta are identified, their lumbar branches are ligated, and openings are made for the heterotopic transplantation of a spleen from a congenic donor mouse. Upon completing vascular anastomosis and restoring blood flow to the implanted spleen,...
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Preparation of Single-Cell Suspensions from Mouse Spleen with the gentleMACS Dissociator
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2008
This video describes a simple, time-saving technique for automated tissue dissociation using the gentleMACS Dissociator to prepare single-cell suspensions of mouse splenocytes.
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Single Port Donor Nephrectomy
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2011
Single port laparoscopic surgery is changing the standard of care in surgical care like nothing since the laparoscopic technique was introduced 20 years ago. We present out technique of single port donor nephrectomy using the Gelpoint device. We have successfully performed this surgery in 100 patients.
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An Introduction to Cell Motility and Migration
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2023
Cell motility and migration play important roles in both normal biology and in disease. On one hand, migration allows cells to generate complex tissues and organs during development, but on the other hand, the same mechanisms are used by tumor cells to move and spread in a process known as cancer metastasis. One of the primary cellular machineries that make cell movement possible is an intracellular network of myosin and actin molecules, together known as “actomyosin”, which creates a...
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Adoptive Cell Transfer: Introducing Donor Mouse Splenocytes to a Host Mouse and Assessing Success via FACS
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2023
Source: Meunier Sylvain1,2,3, Perchet Thibaut1,2,3, Sophie Novault4, Rachel Golub1,2,3 1 Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France 2 INSERM U1223, Paris, France 3 Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France 4 Flow Cytometry Platfrom, Cytometry and Biomarkers UtechS, Center for Translational Science, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Adoptive cell transfer is a method for introducing cells into a patient or study organism...
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Chemokine gradients provide directional cues that help donor-derived immune cells move through the recipient after transfer or transplantation. Cells respond to differences in chemokine concentration, which can influence whether they remain in circulation or enter particular tissues. This mechanism helps explain how transferred lymphocytes reach lymphoid organs and other sites involved in immune activity.
Adhesion molecules help donor-derived cells interact with vessel walls and tissue structures during migration. These interactions support the cells’ movement from the circulation into recipient tissues, working together with chemokine gradients rather than acting as an isolated signal. Their contribution is important when researchers examine how efficiently transferred immune cells distribute after transplantation or cell transfer.
Tissue-specific signals influence where donor-derived immune cells accumulate after entering the recipient. Along with chemokines and adhesion molecules, these local cues help shape distribution among lymphoid organs and other tissues. The resulting pattern can affect immune reconstitution, graft-host interactions, and the possibility that transferred lymphocytes contribute to tolerance, rejection, or immune-related pathology.
A migration study begins with donor spleen cells and their transfer or transplantation into a recipient. Researchers then examine the presence and distribution of donor-derived cells across the recipient’s circulation, lymphoid organs, and other tissues. Relating these locations to immune outcomes allows the study to connect cell movement with reconstitution, graft-host interactions, tolerance, or rejection.
Tracking donor-derived cells can show how transferred immune cells participate in immune reconstitution and interact with recipient tissues. Their distribution may also provide evidence relevant to graft-host interactions, tolerance, or rejection. In this way, migration patterns serve as a link between the physical location of donor cells and broader changes in transplant-associated immune responses.
The process is relevant when researchers investigate transplantation, immune-system behavior, or experimental models of immune regulation. It can help clarify how transferred lymphocytes contribute to useful immune function or to pathology after entering a recipient. These findings support the development of transplantation strategies by connecting donor-cell distribution with immune regulation and transplant outcomes.