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ArticleBio-protocol2026

Nuclei Isolation Methods on Frozen Clotted Blood Samples.

Melissa Cuevas, Kenneth Jones, Nancy Hadley Miller

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Article in Bio-protocol, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Melissa CuevasDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Kenneth JonesDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Nancy Hadley MillerDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.

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Abstract

It is common practice for laboratories to discard clotted blood or freeze it for future DNA extraction after extracting serum from a serum-separating tube. If freezing for DNA extraction, the blood clot is not usually cryopreserved, which leads to cell membrane fragility. In this protocol, we describe steps to isolate high-quality nuclei from leukocytes derived from whole blood samples frozen without a cryoprotective medium. Nuclei isolated from this protocol were able to undergo ATAC (assay for transposase-accessible chromatin) sequencing to obtain chromatin accessibility data. We successfully characterized and isolated B cells and T cells from leukocytes isolated from previously frozen blood clot using Miltenyi's gentleMACS Octo Dissociator coupled with flow sorting. Nuclei showed round, intact nuclear envelopes suitable for downstream applications, including bulk sequencing of nuclei or single-cell nuclei sequencing. We validated this protocol by performing bulk ATAC-seq. Key features • This protocol is compatible with previously collected blood that has been frozen. • Previous cryopreservation of the samples is not required for this protocol. • This protocol enables flow sorting of non-viable leukocytes for a more precise cell population for bulk sequencing experiments.

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B cellsClotted bloodFlow cytometryFrozen blood samplesNuclei dissociationT cells

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PMID41607703
PMCPMC12835648

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