Presented here is a protocol for primary human blood monocyte isolation as well as their differentiation into macrophages and dendritic cells and assembly with epithelial cells into a multicellular human lung model. Biological responses of cocultures composed of immune cells differentiated from either freshly isolated or thawed monocytes, upon exposure to proinflammatory stimuli, are compared.
Barosova, H., Drasler, B., Petri-Fink, A., Rothen-Rutishauser, B. Multicellular Human Alveolar Model Composed of Epithelial Cells and Primary Immune Cells for Hazard Assessment. J. Vis. Exp. (159), e61090, doi:10.3791/61090 (2020).