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ArticleCommunications biology2025

A perfusion-independent high-throughput method to isolate liver sinusoidal endothelial cells.

Anna Babin-Ebell Gonçalves, Yifang Mao, Tinja Baljkas, Felix Wiedmann, Larissa Eis, Franziska Pilz, Manuel Winkler, Sina W Kürschner-Zacharias, Marlene Hoffarth, Charlotta Funaya and 7 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Anna Babin-Ebell Gonçalves *AngioRhythms in Health and Disease, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Yifang Mao *AngioRhythms in Health and Disease, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Tinja Baljkas *Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Center of Excellence in Dermatology, University Medical Center and Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Felix WiedmannDepartment of Cardiology, University Medical Center and Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8168-0025
Larissa EisElectron Microscopy Core Facility, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Franziska PilzAngioRhythms in Health and Disease, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Manuel WinklerDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Center of Excellence in Dermatology, University Medical Center and Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2415-9350
Sina W Kürschner-ZachariasDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Center of Excellence in Dermatology, University Medical Center and Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4546-9684
Marlene HoffarthAngioRhythms in Health and Disease, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Charlotta FunayaElectron Microscopy Core Facility, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Réza ShahidiElectron Microscopy Core Facility, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Cyrill GéraudDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Center of Excellence in Dermatology, University Medical Center and Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Chi-Chung WuHelmholtz-Institute for Translational AngioCardioScience (HI-TAC) of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) at Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Constanze SchmidtDepartment of Cardiology, University Medical Center and Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sergij GoerdtDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Center of Excellence in Dermatology, University Medical Center and Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Philipp-Sebastian Reiners-KochDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Center of Excellence in Dermatology, University Medical Center and Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Mahak SinghalAngioRhythms in Health and Disease, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany. mahak.singhal@medma.uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7303-9585

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 394046768Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 510602219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) critically regulate homeostatic liver function and liver pathogenesis. However, the isolation of LSECs remains a major technological bottleneck in studying molecular mechanisms governing LSEC functions. Current techniques to isolate LSECs, relying on perfusion-dependent liver digestion, are cumbersome with limited throughput. We here describe a perfusion-independent high-throughput procedure to isolate LSECs with high purity. Indifferently from previous perfusion-independent approaches, chopped liver tissue was incubated in the digestion mix for 30 minutes with intermittent mixing with a serological pipette. This led to the safeguarding of LSEC integrity and yielded 10 ± 1.0 million LSECs per adult mouse liver, which is far higher than previous perfusion-independent protocols and comparable yield to established perfusion-dependent protocols for isolating LSECs. Combining magnetic and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), LSECs from different zones of the hepatic sinusoid can now be isolated in high numbers in less than two hours for downstream applications including proteomics. Our protocol enables the isolation of LSECs from fibrotic liver tissues from mice and healthy liver tissues from higher vertebrate species (pigs), where traditional perfusion-based digestion protocols have very limited application. In conclusion, these technical advancements reduce post-mortem changes in the LSEC state and aid in reliable investigation of LSEC functions.

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Endothelial CellsLiverAnimalsCell SeparationFlow CytometryHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPerfusionSwine

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PMID39779980
PMCPMC11711496

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