CD14 MicroBeads, human

Product Details

Overview

CD14 MicroBeads can be used for the positive selection or depletion of human monocytes and macrophages from cord blood or PBMCs, as well as pleural, peritoneal, or synovial fluids or from various tissues, such as spleen and lymph node.

Columns

For positive selection: MS, LS, XS, or autoMACS^® Columns. For depletion: LD, D, or autoMACS Columns.

Downstream Application

The most eminent use of monocytes isolated by MACS® Technology is their ex vivo differentiation into monocyte-derived dendritic cells (Mo-DCs). The excellent purity and recovery obtained by using CD14 MicroBeads provide a pure and consistent cell source (fig. 1). Contamination with unwanted cells (e.g. platelets) which may interfere with a controlled differentiation process is markedly reduced, and the isolated monocytes can be induced to differentiate into a homogenous population of immature as well as mature Mo-DCs. Dendritic cells generated from monocytes isolated by MACS® Technology have been used in many different fields of application.^1-6

Apart from the generation of dendritic cells, monocytes are isolated, for example, for ex vivo generation of macrophages^7,8 or for studies on cytotoxicity⁹ or migration¹⁰.