Tianjin Institutes of Health Science 1 article published in JoVE Biology Neutrophil Lifespan Extension with CLON-G and an In Vitro Spontaneous Death Assay Yuping Fan*1,2, Yan Teng*3, Fu tong Liu*4, Fengxia Ma1,2, Alan Y. Hsu5, Sizhou Feng1,2, Hongbo R. Luo5 1State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, 2Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, 3Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 4Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Tianjin Medical University, 5Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Division of Blood Bank, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Stem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber /Harvard Cancer Center This protocol details the preparation of CLON-G to extend the neutrophil lifespan to greater than 5 days and provides a reliable procedure for evaluating neutrophil death with flow cytometry and confocal fluorescence microscopy.
