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Vital da Silva Domingues1,2, Iris Caramalho1, Marie-Louise Bergman1
1Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal.
Cellular adoptive transfer and mixed bone marrow chimera are cornerstone experimental tools for immuno-biology. Here we describe protocols for adoptive transfer and bone marrow chimera to address the effect of a specific mutation on T regulatory cell (Treg) function and differentiation, respectively. Treg function can be quantitatively measured by analyzing the expansion of conventional CD4 T cells and their differentiation into helper cells. The quantitative measure of Treg differentiation is addressed by analyzing the number and phenotype of Foxp3-expressing cells. The use of congenic markers is instrumental for these approaches.
Cellular adoptive transfer and mixed bone marrow chimera are cornerstone experimental tools for immuno-biology. Here we describe protocols for adoptive transfer and bone marrow chimera to address the effect of a specific mutation on T regulatory cell (Treg) function and differentiation, respectively. Treg function can be quantitatively measured by analyzing the expansion of conventional CD4 T cells and their differentiation into helper cells. The quantitative measure of Treg differentiation is addressed by analyzing the number and phenotype of Foxp3-expressing cells. The use of congenic markers is instrumental for these approaches.
