Abstract
A widely-used method for generating dendritic cell (DC) is to culture bone marrow cells in granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-containing medium for 6-10. days. Usually, non-adherent cells are used as qualified dendritic cells while the adherent ones are discarded as " non-dendritic cells" or macrophages. In this study, we show that the adherent cells are nearly identical to the non-adherent cells in both dendritic cell surface markers expression and main dendritic cell-related functions, hence to prove that these " junk cells" are actually qualified dendritic cells.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4-6 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Cellular Immunology |
Volume | 264 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adherent cell
- Bone marrow
- Dendritic cell
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology