This protocol provides a fast and reliable method to quantitatively measure phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia by human primary phagocytes using flow cytometry and to discriminate phagocytosis of conidia from mere adhesion to leukocytes.
Hartung, S., Rauh, C., Böttcher, S., Hoang, M. T. N., Jahreis, S., Rummler, S., Hochhaus, A., von Lilienfeld-Toal, M. Measuring Phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia by Human Leukocytes using Flow Cytometry. J. Vis. Exp. (154), e60397, doi:10.3791/60397 (2019).