Isolation of ovine lymphocytes, granulocytes, and monocytes by counterflow centrifugation elutriation
Raghunathan, R.; Wuest, C.; Faust, J.; Hwang, S.; Miller, M.E.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 43(8): 1467-1470
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645 PMID: 7103229 Document Number: 184757
A simple, brief 1-step counterflow centrifugation elutriation technique is described for the recovery of highly purified populations of lymphocytes and granulocytes from adult and fetal ovine peripheral blood. Monocytes are obtained as an enriched population. Lymphocyte and granulocyte recoveries average 80%, higher than with routine gradient centrifugation procedures. In this described technique, inexpensive medium is used, and it is completed in about 90 minutes. The individual blood cellular populations, when tested appropriately, demonstrated normal functional responses.