title: A method for isolating neutrophils from moderate volumes of human blood.
abstract: The Flow Laboratories procedure for isolating polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) from human blood whereby whole blood is centrifuged through Mono-Poly resolving medium (MPRM) has been modified. Using this modification, as much as 30 ml of whole blood could be processed in a single centrifuge tube, and erythrocyte contamination of the final PMN suspension was reduced significantly. PMN suspensions were composed of 96% neutrophils, and neutrophil recovery was 42-55% depending upon the volume of blood processed. Cell viability was 98% as determined by trypan blue exclusion. Greater than 99% of the neutrophils were spherical suggesting that the neutrophils were not primed during isolation.
authors.affiliation: Letterman Army Institute of Research, Division of Blood Research, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: McFaul
mesh_terms: D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002500:Centrifugation, Isopycnic / Q000379:methods; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology*