Preparation of mouse bone marrow-derived dendritic cells with immunoregulatory properties

Methods Mol Biol. 2011:677:161-8. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-869-0_11.

Abstract

Tolerogenic dendritic cells (Tol-DCs) are critical players in physiological tolerance. Moreover, they also play a role in immune regulation both in a pathophysiological context and when used as therapeutic tools in cell therapy strategies. Here, we describe a protocol to differentiate murine Tol-DCs from bone marrow precursors in vitro. Importantly, Tol-DCs actively suppress T cells stimulated with immunogenic allogeneic DCs. Indeed, Tol-DCs generated using this approach can be useful in studying and characterising the immunoregulatory pathways of Tol-DC and in developing Tol-DC-based cell therapy protocols using in vivo models.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow Cells / immunology*
  • Bone Marrow Cells / physiology
  • Cell Differentiation / physiology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Dendritic Cells / immunology*
  • Dendritic Cells / physiology
  • Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed / methods*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / physiology