This protocol describes the isolation of pulmonary interstitial macrophages (IMs) and their adoptive transfer after IL-33 stimulation of the lung alveoli in a mouse model, which can facilitate the in vivo study of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Zhai, X., Li, J., Nie, Y. Adoptive Transfer of IL-33-Stimulated Macrophages into Bleomycin-Induced Mouse Models to Study Their Effect on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis In Vivo. J. Vis. Exp. (195), e64742, doi:10.3791/64742 (2023).