Described herein is a protocol to isolate and further study the infiltrating leukocytes of the decidua basalis and decidua parietalis - the human maternal-fetal interface. This protocol maintains the integrity of cell surface markers and yields enough viable cells for downstream applications as proven by flow cytometry analysis.
Xu, Y., Plazyo, O., Romero, R., Hassan, S. S., Gomez-Lopez, N. Isolation of Leukocytes from the Human Maternal-fetal Interface. J. Vis. Exp. (99), e52863, doi:10.3791/52863 (2015).