Described herein is a protocol to isolate and analyze the infiltrating leukocytes of tissues at the maternal-fetal interface (uterus, decidua, and placenta) of mice. This protocol maintains the integrity of most cell surface markers and yields enough viable cells for downstream applications including flow cytometry analysis.
Arenas-Hernandez, M., Sanchez-Rodriguez, E. N., Mial, T. N., Robertson, S. A., Gomez-Lopez, N. Isolation of Leukocytes from the Murine Tissues at the Maternal-Fetal Interface. J. Vis. Exp. (99), e52866, doi:10.3791/52866 (2015).