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ArticleScientific reports2021

Chemotaxis and swarming in differentiated HL-60 neutrophil-like cells.

Kehinde Adebayo Babatunde, Xiao Wang, Alex Hopke, Nils Lannes, Pierre-Yves Mantel, Daniel Irimia

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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52 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kehinde Adebayo BabatundeDepartment of Surgery, BioMEMS Resource Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Xiao WangDepartment of Surgery, BioMEMS Resource Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Alex HopkeDepartment of Surgery, BioMEMS Resource Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Nils LannesDepartment of Medicine, University of Fribourg, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Pierre-Yves MantelDepartment of Medicine, University of Fribourg, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Daniel IrimiaDepartment of Surgery, BioMEMS Resource Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. DIRIMIA@mgh.harvard.edu.
University of Fribourg · CHHarvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Neutrophil Decision Making in Confined Environments in Health and DiseaseR01GM092804 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI IRIMIA, DANIEL · 2010 to 2022
$4.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM092804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human leukemia cell line (HL-60) is an alternative to primary neutrophils in research studies. However, because HL-60 cells proliferate in an incompletely differentiated state, they must undergo differentiation before they acquire the functional properties of neutrophils. Here we provide evidence of swarming and chemotaxis in differentiated HL-60 neutrophil-like cells (dHL-60) using precise microfluidic assays. We found that dimethyl sulfoxide differentiated HL-60 cells (DdHL-60) have a larger size, increased length, and lower ability to squeeze through narrow channels compared to primary neutrophils. They migrate through tapered microfluidic channels slower than primary neutrophils, but faster than HL-60s differentiated by other protocols, e.g., using all-trans retinoic acid. We found that dHL-60 can swarm toward zymosan particle clusters, though they display disorganized migratory patterns and produce swarms of smaller size compared to primary neutrophils.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCell DifferentiationChemotactic FactorsChemotaxisCryoprotective AgentsDimethyl SulfoxideHL-60 CellsHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearNeutrophilsTretinoinAntineoplastic AgentsChemotactic FactorsCryoprotective AgentsDimethyl SulfoxideTretinoin

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PMID33436661
PMCPMC7804120
OpenAlexW3119195422

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