Jansing Nicole L, McClendon Jazalle, Kage Hidenori, Sunohara Mitsuhiro, Alvarez Juan R, Borok Zea, Zemans Rachel L
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA.
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1809:69-82. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8570-8_6.
The gas exchange surface of the lungs is lined by an epithelium consisting of alveolar type (AT) I and ATII cells. ATII cells function to produce surfactant, play a role in host defense and fluid and ion transport, and serve as progenitors. ATI cells are important for gas exchange and fluid and ion transport. Our understanding of the biology of these cells depends on the investigation of isolated cells. Here, we present methods for the isolation of mouse and rat ATII cells.
肺的气体交换表面由一层上皮细胞构成,该上皮细胞由肺泡I型(AT)细胞和II型细胞组成。II型肺泡细胞的功能是产生表面活性剂,在宿主防御以及液体和离子运输中发挥作用,并作为祖细胞。I型肺泡细胞对气体交换以及液体和离子运输很重要。我们对这些细胞生物学特性的了解依赖于对分离细胞的研究。在此,我们介绍分离小鼠和大鼠II型肺泡细胞的方法。