Parenchymal Cell Isolation
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Isolation and Cannulation of Cerebral Parenchymal Arterioles
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2016
This manuscript describes a simple and reproducible protocol for isolation of intracerebral arterioles (a group of blood vessels encompassing parenchymal arterioles, penetrating arterioles and pre-capillary arterioles) from mice, to be used in pressure myography, immunofluorescence, biochemistry, and molecular studies.
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Protocol for Isolation of Primary Human Hepatocytes and Corresponding Major Populations of Non-parenchymal Liver Cells
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2016
A technique to isolate human hepatocytes and non-parenchymal liver cells from the same donor is described. The different liver cell types build the basis for functional liver models and tissue engineering. This new method aims to isolate liver cells in a high yield and viability.
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Preparing Cerebral Endothelial Tubes from Mouse Parenchymal Arterioles
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2025
This video demonstrates a method for isolating the endothelial tubes from mouse cerebral parenchyma. Through a combination of enzymatic digestion and mechanical dissociation, the process yields an intact tube with endothelial cells.
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Isolation and Culture of Mouse Kupffer Cells
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2025
In this video, we demonstrate the isolation of Kupffer cells or liver macrophages from the mouse liver. The liver is perfused with a digestion solution followed by density gradient separation. The isolated adherent Kupffer cells can be used for further analysis.
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Kupffer Cell Isolation for Nanoparticle Toxicity Testing
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2015
Liver macrophages, named Kupffer cells, are responsible for the capture of circulating nanoparticles. We describe here a method, of high cell purity and yield, for Kupffer cell isolation. The modified LDH assay is used here to measure the toxicity induced by carbon nanotubes in Kupffer cells.
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Mechanical disruption breaks tissue into smaller fragments, increasing access to extracellular matrix and cell-cell contacts. Enzymatic digestion then loosens these structural connections so functional cells can be released more effectively. Using both steps supports separation while limiting reliance on harsh mechanical handling alone, helping produce a population suitable for viability assessment, culture, molecular assays, or flow cytometry.
Digestion time and temperature must be controlled because they influence how effectively extracellular matrix and cell-cell contacts are loosened while cells remain viable. Conditions that are not carefully managed can reduce the quality of the recovered population. Consistent control therefore improves the likelihood that isolated cells retain physiologic characteristics needed for downstream immunology and infection studies.
Enrichment reduces the relative contribution of connective, vascular, and immune components, producing a more defined parenchymal-cell population. This distinction matters when researchers want to attribute pathogen entry, replication, tissue-specific signaling, or treatment responses to functional tissue cells rather than to surrounding populations. Filtration, centrifugation, or density-based separation can support that enrichment.
Separation conditions influence both the composition and the quality of the recovered cells. Incomplete separation may leave surrounding tissue components in the sample, whereas poorly controlled handling may compromise viability or physiologic characteristics. Researchers should therefore interpret downstream molecular, culture, and flow-cytometry results in light of how digestion, handling, and enrichment were performed.
A typical workflow begins with mechanical disruption of the organ or tissue, followed by enzymatic digestion to loosen extracellular matrix and cell-cell contacts. The resulting suspension is then processed by filtration, centrifugation, or density-based separation to enrich the desired cells. Careful handling throughout the workflow supports recovery of viable parenchymal cells for downstream analysis.
Digestion time, temperature, and physical handling are central recovery conditions. They should be controlled closely enough to release cells without undermining viability or physiologic characteristics. The chosen separation step, such as filtration, centrifugation, or density-based processing, also affects enrichment. These considerations are especially important when recovered cells will be cultured or analyzed individually.
Isolated parenchymal cells allow investigators to examine tissue-specific responses in a defined cellular population. In infection studies, they can support analyses of pathogen entry and replication, while immunology applications include measuring tissue-specific immune signaling and responses to treatment. Separating these cells from surrounding immune and structural components helps clarify how functional tissue cells contribute to disease-related processes.
The recovered population can be used for cell culture, molecular assays, and flow cytometry, provided viability and physiologic characteristics are sufficiently preserved. These applications enable researchers to examine cellular responses, pathogen-related processes, and treatment effects in a more defined population. The selected assay should match the quality and degree of enrichment achieved during isolation.