Macrophages, especially primary macrophages, are challenging to transfect as they specialize in detecting molecules of non-self origin. We describe a protocol that allows highly efficient transfection of primary macrophages with mRNA generated from DNA templates such as plasmids.
Herb, M., Farid, A., Gluschko, A., Krönke, M., Schramm, M. Highly Efficient Transfection of Primary Macrophages with In Vitro Transcribed mRNA. J. Vis. Exp. (153), e60143, doi:10.3791/60143 (2019).