In the present protocol, we explain how to easily process and culture tonsillar mononuclear cells from healthy humans undergoing partial surgical tonsillectomy to study innate immune responses upon activation, mimicking viral infection in mucosal tissues.
Smith, N., Bekaddour, N., Leboulanger, N., Richard, Y., Herbeuval, J. Isolation of Tonsillar Mononuclear Cells to Study Ex Vivo Innate Immune Responses in a Human Mucosal Lymphoid Tissue. J. Vis. Exp. (160), e60914, doi:10.3791/60914 (2020).