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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2009.19.6.728

Isolation of Monocytes with High Purity and Yield from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Flotation Density Gradient Centrifugation  

Bae, Jae-Ho (Department of Biochemistry, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
Son, Cheol-Hun (Department of Biochemistry, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
Park, You-Soo (Department of Biochemistry, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
Kim, Dong-Wan (Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Chang Won National University)
Kim, Sun-Hee (Department of Biochemistry, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
Kang, Chi-Dug (Department of Biochemistry, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
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Journal of Life Science / v.19, no.6, 2009 , pp. 728-734 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work, a simple, inexpensive and reproducible technique of flotation density gradient centrifugation was developed to isolate monocytes with high purity and yield from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) using Histopaque solution, density and osmolarity of which were modified to 1.072 g/ml and 335 mOsm with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and sodium chloride (NaCl) solution, respectively. The average purity of monocytes was 74.75${\pm}$3.84%, with the individual purity ranging from 71.44% to 82.38%. The average yield of monocytes was 32.62${\pm}$11.16%, with the individual yields ranging from 21.02 to 53.63%. The monocytes isolated by floatation density gradient centrifugation could be successfully cultured into morphologically, phenotypically and functionally dendritic cells in vitro. In conclusion, the entire procedure seemed to be faster and more convenient, simple and cost-effective than other monocyte isolation methods, including plastic adherence and density gradient methods, and has the potential to be developed as a closed system for clinical scale generation of dendritic cells.
Keywords
Flotation density gradient centrifugation; monocyte isolation;
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