Great Way to Isolate Monocytes from PBMCs

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Company:

Miltenyi Biotec

Product Name:

CD14 Microbeads

Catalog Number:

130-050-201

With this product we achieved successful isolation of monocytes from human PBMCs with >90% purity of CD14+ monocytes and functionally active cells (phagocytosis and cytokine release)

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Flow Cytometry

Starting Material

PBMCs

Protocol Overview

Isolate monocytes, add myelin debris, measure myelin debris, phagocytosis by flow cytometry

Tips

Some cells may be activated by CD14 microbeads

Results Summary

Great results for myelin debris phagocytosis assays and ELISA assays from monocyte supernatants

Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Quick and easy protocol, optimized to use less beads and still obtain a pure monocyte population, reasonable price.

The Bad

Potential activation

The Bottom Line

Great fast and easy way to obtain high monocyte purity!

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