A new tractable method for generating human alveolar macrophage-like cells in vitro to study lung inflammatory processes and diseases.

ABSTRACT: Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are unique lung resident cells that contact airborne pathogens and environmental particulates. The contribution of human AMs (HAMs) to pulmonary diseases remains poorly understood due to the difficulty in accessing them from human donors and their rapid phenotypic change during in vitro culture. Thus, there remains an unmet need for cost-effective methods for generating and/or differentiating primary cells into a HAM phenotype, particularly important for translational and clinical studies. We developed cell culture conditions that mimic the lung alveolar environment in humans using lung lipids, that is, Infasurf (calfactant, natural bovine surfactant) and lung-associated cytokines (granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, transforming growth facto

SUBMITTER: Pahari S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10470505 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature