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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2017

Rapid and Refined CD11b Magnetic Isolation of Primary Microglia with Enhanced Purity and Versatility.

Souvarish Sarkar, Emir Malovic, Brandon Plante, Gary Zenitsky, Huajun Jin, Vellareddy Anantharam, Arthi Kanthasamy, Anumantha G Kanthasamy

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Souvarish SarkarBiomedical Sciences & Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology, Iowa State University.
Emir MalovicBiomedical Sciences & Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology, Iowa State University.
Brandon PlanteBiomedical Sciences & Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology, Iowa State University.
Gary ZenitskyBiomedical Sciences & Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology, Iowa State University.
Huajun JinBiomedical Sciences & Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology, Iowa State University.
Vellareddy AnantharamBiomedical Sciences & Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology, Iowa State University.
Arthi KanthasamyBiomedical Sciences & Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology, Iowa State University.
Anumantha G KanthasamyBiomedical Sciences & Iowa Center for Advanced Neurotoxicology, Iowa State University; akanthas@iastate.edu.
Iowa State University · US

Funding

Protein Aggregation and Inflammasome Signaling in Manganese Neurotoxicity.R01ES026892 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI KANTHASAMY, ANUMANTHA GOUNDER · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Exosomes and Neuroinflammation in Parkinsons DiseaseR01NS088206 · NINDS · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KANTHASAMY, ARTHI · 2015 to 2019
$1.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES026892NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia are the primary responders to central nervous system insults; however, much remains unknown about their role in regulating neuroinflammation. Microglia are mesodermal cells that function similarly to macrophages in surveying inflammatory stress. The classical (M1-type) and alternative (M2-type) activations of macrophages have also been extended to microglia in an effort to better understand the underlying interplay these phenotypes have in neuroinflammatory conditions such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and Huntington's Diseases. In vitro experimentation utilizing primary microglia offers rapid and reliable results that may be extended to the in vivo environment. Although this is a clear advantage over in vivo experimentation, isolating microglia while achieving adequate yields of optimal purity has been a challenge. Common methods currently in use either suffer from low recovery, low purity, or both. Herein, we demonstrate a refinement of the column-free CD11b magnetic separation method that achieves a high cell recovery and enhanced purity in half the amount of time. We propose this optimized method as a highly useful model of primary microglial isolation for the purposes of studying neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.

Indexed as

CD11b AntigenCell CountCell SeparationHumansMagneticsMicrogliaCD11b AntigenITGAM protein, human

Identifiers

PMID28447995
PMCPMC5555434
OpenAlexW2607452962

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