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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS
Volume 308, Issue 1-2, Pages 251-254Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2005.10.008
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IEL; intestinal; lymphocyte; purification
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK35566, R01 DK035566] Funding Source: Medline
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Methods for obtaining preparation of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) present special challenges for immunologists due to difficulties in recovering IELs devoid of contaminating enterocytes. Although high-purity preparations can be achieved using techniques such as flow cytometric or magnetic-activated cell sorting, those methods may not be feasible on a routine basis and may result in low overall cell recoveries. Thus, most procedures today rely on density gradient centrifugation as a means of separating IEL and non-hematopoietic cells; however, the purity of IELs from those preparations can vary considerably. Here, we describe a modification of an IEL purification technique that uses two sequential Percoll gradients rather than one gradient in the purification scheme. This alteration consistently results in 80-85% IEL purity in cell preparations. Moreover, it requires no additional reagents, has no adverse effect on the phenotypic composition of recovered IELs or on the cell viability, and adds minimal additional time to the isolation protocol. It is expected that this procedure will have practical benefit as a means of isolating IELs with high purity on a routine basis that can be used for in vivo or in vitro studies of IEL function. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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