Here, we detail a methodology for the rapid isolation of mouse intestinal dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages. Phenotypic characterization of intestinal DCs and macrophages is performed using multi-color flow cytometric analysis while magnetic bead enrichment followed by cell sorting is used to yield highly pure populations for functional studies.
Geem, D., Medina-Contreras, O., Kim, W., Huang, C. S., Denning, T. L. Isolation and Characterization of Dendritic Cells and Macrophages from the Mouse Intestine. J. Vis. Exp. (63), e4040, doi:10.3791/4040 (2012).