In vitro culture of Eos and MDSCs
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For obtaining Eos, naïve bone marrow cells were cultured in 10% medium'>FBS/PMI medium supplemented with stem cell factor and FLT3-ligand for 4 days, and then with medium containing recombinant mouse IL-5 .
- On day 12, the cells were collected for May-Grünwald-Giemsa staining and flow cytometry analysis6 cells per ml in 10% FBS/RPMI medium, supplemented with 40 ng ml−1 GM-CSF.
- On day 4, the cells were collected for FACS analysis of CD11b+ CD11c− Ly-6C+ Ly-6Glow MDSCs
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Induction of 2nd iPSCs
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All isolated somatic cells were cultured in the presence of Dox (2 ug/ml) for induction of 2nd iPSCs.
- Fibroblasts and hematopoietic cells were cultured in ES/iPSC medium.
- FLCD45 were cultured in the presence of 10 ng/ml human TPO, 10 ng/ml mouse EPO, 10 ng/ml mouse IL-3, 10 ng/ml mouse IL-6, 10 ng/ml mouse Flt3 ligand, 10 ng/ml mouse GM-CSF, 10 ng/ml mouse VEGF and 50 ng/ml mouse SCF .
- HSCs, HPCs and MPs were cultured in the presence of 10 ng/ml human TPO, 10 ng/ml mouse IL-3, 10 ng/ml mouse IL-6 and 10 ng/ml mouse Flt3 ligand .
- Macrophages were cultured in the presence of 5 ng/ml M-CSF .
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Induction of 2nd iPSCs
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All isolated somatic cells were cultured in the presence of Dox (2 ug/ml) for induction of 2nd iPSCs.
- Fibroblasts and hematopoietic cells were cultured in ES/iPSC medium.
- FLCD45 were cultured in the presence of 10 ng/ml human TPO, 10 ng/ml mouse EPO, 10 ng/ml mouse IL-3, 10 ng/ml mouse IL-6, 10 ng/ml mouse Flt3 ligand, 10 ng/ml mouse GM-CSF, 10 ng/ml mouse VEGF and 50 ng/ml mouse SCF .
- HSCs, HPCs and MPs were cultured in the presence of 10 ng/ml human TPO, 10 ng/ml mouse IL-3, 10 ng/ml mouse IL-6 and 10 ng/ml mouse Flt3 ligand .
- Macrophages were cultured in the presence of 5 ng/ml M-CSF .
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Lentiviral transduction of bone marrow cells
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Freshly isolated bone marrow (BM) cells were plated in Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium (IMDM) (31980, , ) containing 5% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 1% penicillin/streptomycin, 200 mM glutamine, 1% non-essential amino acids, 1% sodium pyruvate, 50 μM 2-mercaptoethanol, stem cell factor (SCF, 10 ng/ml, , ), Flt3-L (10 ng/ml), IL-11 (10 ng/ml), thrombopoietin (TPO, 10 ng/ml), IL-6 (10 ng/ml), and IL-3 (10 ng/ml).
- Bone marrow cells were spin-infected with 8 μg/ml polyprene and lentivirus (MOI of 0.1–0.5), at 2,500 rpm for 90 min.
- BM cells were then incubated for 3 hours at 37°C, counted and injected into NOD.SCID mice.
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Eosinophil counting and culture
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Peripheral blood eosinophils were counted by’s staining [6/ml in IMDM containing 10% FBS , 100 IU/ml penicillin and 10 μg/ml streptomycin , 2 mM glutamine , and 50 μM 2-Mercaptoethanol supplemented with 100 ng/ml stem cell factor (SCF) and 100 ng/ml FLT3 ligand from days 0 to 4.
- On day 4, the medium was replaced with fresh medium containing 10 ng/ml recombinant mouse IL-5 (&systems).
- From this point forward, half of the medium was replaced every other day with fresh medium containing IL-5, and the cell density was maintained around 1×106/ml.
- On day 14, the cells were harvested for in vitro experiments after flow cytometric identification by CC3-FITC and Siglec-F-PE (B ) staining as well as morphological examination by cytospun slide staining with a modified Giemsa preparation (iff ).
- As expected, more than 90% of harvested cells are eosinophils (data not shown).
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Culture-derived Generation of Eosinophils from Bone Marrow Precursors
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Ex vivo generation by culture of mouse bone marrow-derived eosinophils was performed essentially as previously described by Dyer et al −/− and mev mice by flushing the bone marrow cavity with RPM 1640 medium .
- After red cell lysis, the bone marrow cells were cultured at 106/ml in medium containing RPMI 1640 with 20% fetal bovine serum (FBS, Cambrex, East Rutherford, ), 100 IU/ml penicillin, 10 µg/ml streptomycin, nonessential amino acids, 1 mM sodium pyruvate (all from , , ), and 50 µM 2-ME supplemented with 100 ng/ml stem cell factor (SCF) and 100 ng/ml FLT3 ligand (FLT3-L) from days 0 to 4.
- On day 4, the cells were moved to new flasks and the medium containing SCF and FLT3-L was replaced with medium containing 10 ng/ml recombinant mouse IL-5 .
- Every other day, from this point forward until cells were used, one-half of the…
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Ex vivo generation by culture of mouse bone marrow-derived eosinophils was performed essentially as previously described by Dyer et al −/− and mev mice by flushing the bone marrow cavity with RPM 1640 medium .
- After red cell lysis, the bone marrow cells were cultured at 106/ml in medium containing RPMI 1640 with 20% fetal bovine serum (FBS, Cambrex, East Rutherford, ), 100 IU/ml penicillin, 10 µg/ml streptomycin, nonessential amino acids, 1 mM sodium pyruvate (all from , , ), and 50 µM 2-ME supplemented with 100 ng/ml stem cell factor (SCF) and 100 ng/ml FLT3 ligand (FLT3-L) from days 0 to 4.
- On day 4, the cells were moved to new flasks and the medium containing SCF and FLT3-L was replaced with medium containing 10 ng/ml recombinant mouse IL-5 .
- Every other day, from this point forward until cells were used, one-half of the media was replaced with fresh media containing IL-5, and the concentration of the cells was adjusted each time to 106/ml.
- Cells were enumerated in a hemocytometer and viability (consistently >90%) and purity were determined as mentioned above for human eosinophils.
- These methods yield eosinophils of normal morphology expressing proteins seen in mature eosinophils, including normal cell surface levels of Siglec-F
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AGM region explant culture
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E11.5 AGM regions were dissected and cultured for 5 days on floating 0.8 µm membranes at the liquid-gas interface with IMDM+ media consisting of 20% FCS, , IMDM and growth factors (100 ng/ml IL-3, 100 ng/ml SCF, and 100 ng/ml Flt3 ligand; all from) as previously described (
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Lentiviral vectors, LSK-cell transduction, and differentiation and expansion of transduced macrophages
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Transduction, expansion, and differentiation of LSK cells into gene-corrected macrophages was done by adjusting the cytokine ‘cocktail’ mixture to optimize the culture conditions for each of four sequential stages, which included: 1) LSK transduction –murine SCF 50ng/ml, mIL-3 10 ng/ml, hFlt3-L 50 ng/ml and GM-CSF 10 ng/ml), culture time – two 12 hour periods; 2) progenitor expansion - mSCF 50 ng/ml, hFlt3-L 50 ng/ml and GM-CSF 10 ng/ml, culture time - 4 days; 3) macrophage lineage commitment - mSCF 1 ng/ml, hFlt3-L 1 ng/ml, GM-CSF 10 ng/ml, M-CSF 5 ng/ml, culture time - 3 days; and 4) macrophage differentiation - GM-CSF 10 ng/ml and M-CSF 5 ng/ml, culture - 4 days.
- StemSpan containing 2% FBS, 1% penicillin/streptomycin, 10 mM dNTP, and low density lipoprotein was used as the culture medium for the LSK transduction and DMEM with 10% FBS, 50 U/ml penicillin and…
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Transduction, expansion, and differentiation of LSK cells into gene-corrected macrophages was done by adjusting the cytokine ‘cocktail’ mixture to optimize the culture conditions for each of four sequential stages, which included: 1) LSK transduction –murine SCF 50ng/ml, mIL-3 10 ng/ml, hFlt3-L 50 ng/ml and GM-CSF 10 ng/ml), culture time – two 12 hour periods; 2) progenitor expansion - mSCF 50 ng/ml, hFlt3-L 50 ng/ml and GM-CSF 10 ng/ml, culture time - 4 days; 3) macrophage lineage commitment - mSCF 1 ng/ml, hFlt3-L 1 ng/ml, GM-CSF 10 ng/ml, M-CSF 5 ng/ml, culture time - 3 days; and 4) macrophage differentiation - GM-CSF 10 ng/ml and M-CSF 5 ng/ml, culture - 4 days.
- StemSpan containing 2% FBS, 1% penicillin/streptomycin, 10 mM dNTP, and low density lipoprotein was used as the culture medium for the LSK transduction and DMEM with 10% FBS, 50 U/ml penicillin and 50 ug/ml streptomycin was used for all other stages.
- Phenotype markers (F4/80, CD11b, CD11c) were analyzed by flow cytometry at each stage to monitor macrophage differentiation.
- Only adherent macrophages at the end of this procedure were used for PMT.
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Normal early thymocyte development in CBAP-deficient mice.
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DN thymocytes were isolated from 4-week-old littermates and co-cultured with OP9-DL4 cells in the presence of 1 ng/ml FLT3-ligand and 1 ng/ml IL-7.
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Batf-3-dependent CD103+ DCs are major IL-12 producers.
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in the ear and 105 CD24hi cells from Flt3L BMDC cultures were transferred locally every 3 days starting at day 4 p.i.
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