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Isolation and Enrichment of Human Lung Epithelial Progenitor Cells for Organoid Culture
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2020
This article provides a detailed methodology for tissue dissociation and cellular fractionation approaches allowing enrichment of viable epithelial cells from proximal and distal regions of the human lung. Herein these approaches are applied for the functional analysis of lung epithelial progenitor cells through the use of 3D organoids culture models.
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Isolation of CD146+ Resident Lung Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Rat Lungs
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2016
This protocol describes an isolation technique for obtaining primary lung resident mesenchymal stromal cells from rats, through the use of enzymatic digestion, density gradient separation, plastic adherence and CD146+ magnetic bead selection.
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Agarose-Based Preparation of Human Precision-Cut Lung Slices
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2025
In this video, we describe a procedure to inflate isolated human lungs with agarose and prepare human precision-cut lung slices. The prepared ex vivo lung slices can be used for further immunologic experiments.
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Transplantation of Bioengineered Lung Using Decellularized Mouse Lungs and Primary Human Endothelial Cells
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2025
This paper describes how to create bioengineered mouse lungs using decellularization and recellularization methods. It also details subsequent orthotopic lung transplantation.
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Lung Tumor Cell Recruitment Assay
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2019
This manuscript describes a method to quantify tumor cell accumulation in the lungs in an animal model of tumor metastasis.
FAQs
Lung cells recognize microbial signals and respond by releasing cytokines and chemokines, signaling molecules that shape local inflammation and attract immune cells. This response connects barrier activity with recruitment of both innate and adaptive defenses. Its effectiveness depends on coordinating pathogen control while limiting inflammation that could interfere with respiratory tissue function.
Ciliated cells and alveolar macrophages provide complementary protection. Ciliated cells help move mucus through the airways, supporting mucociliary clearance of trapped material. Alveolar macrophages instead recognize and engulf pathogens and damaged material. Together, these activities reduce harmful material at respiratory surfaces while initiating cellular and molecular responses to infection.
Inflammatory signaling helps coordinate immune recruitment, but excessive inflammation can impair lung tissue function. Cytokines and chemokines are therefore important not only because they support defense, but also because their effects must remain controlled. This balance is central to understanding how a response that begins as protective may contribute to respiratory disease.
Researchers study human lung cells in primary cultures, organoids, and infection models. These systems provide experimental settings for examining how respiratory cells respond to microbes and how host responses develop. Using these approaches, investigators can explore host-pathogen interactions, compare cellular behavior under infection-related conditions, and investigate mechanisms relevant to disease and treatment.
These studies can show how microbial signals are detected, how cytokines and chemokines are released, and how immune-cell recruitment is coordinated. They also help connect cellular responses with tissue consequences, including impaired function when inflammation becomes excessive. This information supports a more complete view of infection than examining pathogens or immune cells in isolation.
Human lung cell systems help researchers investigate respiratory diseases including influenza, bacterial pneumonia, and COVID-19. They can be used to examine disease-related host-pathogen interactions and to evaluate therapies in relevant cellular or tissue-based settings. The resulting observations help relate immune signaling, pathogen exposure, and possible treatment effects to lung function and inflammation.