Department of Biotechnology
inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine)

Isolating Immune Cells from Mouse Embryonic Skin.

Publication Type

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Date of Publication

January 1, 2019

Journal

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

Volume/Issue

1879

ISSN

1940-6029

Skin is the primary barrier against the external environment and develops a robust immune network for its surveillance. The origin of the resident immune cells of the skin has become a focus of interest over past a decade. Fate mapping studies have revealed that the macrophages home into the skin as early as E12.5 and are derived from the yolk sac and fetal liver. The resident γδT cells are born in the thymus and home to the skin by E16.5. Recent work from our lab has shown that the embryonic macrophages can actively remodel the extracellular matrix in skin suggesting that the skin immune system can be activated long before exposure to foreign antigens. In this chapter, we present a detailed protocol for isolating monocytes, macrophages, and epidermal dendritic T cell populations from embryonic skin.

Alternate Journal

Methods Mol Biol

PubMed ID

29797009

Authors

Ambika S Kurbet
Srikala Raghavan

Keywords

Skin
Monocytes/cytology
Extracellular Matrix
Skin/cytology
T-Lymphocytes
Macrophages
T-Lymphocytes/cytology
Liver
Yolk Sac
Extracellular Matrix/physiology
Yolk Sac/cytology
Immune System
Animals
Immune System/cytology
Liver/cytology
Mice
Macrophages/cytology
Female
Monocytes