Research Center Borstel 2 articles published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Isolation of Human Monocytes by Double Gradient Centrifugation and Their Differentiation to Macrophages in Teflon-coated Cell Culture Bags Kerstin Menck1, Daniel Behme1, Mathias Pantke1, Norbert Reiling2, Claudia Binder1, Tobias Pukrop1, Florian Klemm1 1Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 2Microbial Interface Biology Group, Research Center Borstel We present a simple and efficient protocol for the generation of human macrophages. Buffy coats are processed by double density gradient centrifugation and isolated monocytes are then differentiated to macrophages in Teflon-coated cell culture bags. This maximizes macrophage yields and facilitates cell harvesting for subsequent experiments. Immunology and Infection An Experimental Model to Study Tuberculosis-Malaria Coinfection upon Natural Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Plasmodium berghei Ann-Kristin Mueller1, Jochen Behrends2, Jannike Blank2, Ulrich E. Schaible2, Bianca E. Schneider2 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology Unit, University Hospital Heidelberg, 2Priority Area Infections, Research Center Borstel Tuberculosis and malaria are two of the most prevalent infections in humans and major causes of morbidity and mortality in impoverished populations in the tropics. We established an experimental model system to study outcome of malaria-tuberculosis coinfection in mice after challenge with both pathogens via their natural route of infection.
