Flow Cytometry and Mass Cytometry for Measuring the Immune Cell Infiltrate in Atherosclerotic Arteries

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Abstract

Atherosclerosis is characterized by the abundant infiltration of immune cells starting at early stages and progressing to late stages of the disease. The study and characterization of immune cells infiltrating and residing in the aorta has being tackled by several methodologies such as flow cytometry and mass cytometry (CyTOF). Flow cytometry has been primarily used to address the aortic leukocyte composition; however, only a limited number of markers can be analyzed simultaneously. CyTOF started to overcome these limitations by employing rare element-tagged antibodies and combines mass spectrometry with the ease and precision of flow cytometry. CyTOF currently allows for the simultaneous measurement of more than 40 cellular parameters at single-cell resolution. In this chapter, we describe the methodology used to isolate single immune cells from mouse aortas, followed by protocols for flow cytometry and CyTOF for aortic immune cell characterization.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages779-800
Number of pages22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2419
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Keywords

  • Aorta
  • Atherosclerosis
  • CyTOF
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immune cells
  • Leukocytes
  • Mass cytometry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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