Cell Structure and Function
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Print ISSN : 0386-7196
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Separation of Human Colostral Macrophages and Neutrophils on Gelatin and Collagen-Serum Substrata
Hiroko TsudaW. Daryl DickeyArmond S. Goldman
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1983 Volume 8 Issue 4 Pages 367-371

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A new technique for separation of human colostral macrophages and neutrophils was developed. Macrophages attached more readily to acid soluble collagen-serum or gelatin-serum substrata than neutrophils. Most of the adherent neutrophils were removed during the first 5 minutes incubation in 3 mM EDTA, thereafter, complete detachment of macrophages followed. Neutrophils and macrophages were enriched more than 80% in nonadherent cell populations and detached cell populations, respectively. These separated colostral leukocytes retained their viability and phagocytic activities. Therefore, functional studies of these purified human colostral leukocytes are possible.

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