title: Identification and isolation of rodent respiratory tract dendritic cells.
abstract: This chapter describes the preparation of respiratory tract tissue from both mice and rats for the isolation of respiratory tract dendritic cells (RTDC). The methods describe in detail the preparation of cells from the respiratory tract tissue of the main conducting airways (representing mucosal populations) and peripheral lung (representing predominantly interstitial populations) in both rodent species. Our research in this area has found that these anatomical sites differ in their composition of antigen-presenting cell (APC) types including RTDC, and that phenotypic and functional differences exist in RTDC isolated from these sites. We predominantly use a flow cytometry-based approach to identify and sort RTDC as this is the most accurate way of isolating RTDC subsets in an environment where many typical dendritic cell surface markers are shared by other APC populations.
authors: School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
authors: Philip A
authors: PA
authors: Stumbles
authors: Deborah H
authors: DH
authors: Strickland
authors: Mathew E
authors: ME
authors: Wikstrom
authors: Jennifer A
authors: JA
authors: Thomas
authors: Christophe
authors: C
authors: von Garnier
authors: Patrick G
authors: PG
authors: Holt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism; D051940:B7-2 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D039481:CD11b Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D039521:CD11c Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D037181:Lectins, C-Type / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D051940:B7-2 Antigen; D039481:CD11b Antigen; D039521:CD11c Antigen; D019013:CD40 Antigens; C093569:DEC-205 receptor; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface