Abstract
Laser-capture microdissection (LCM) has revolutionized the isolation of defined regions and specific cell populations from human tissue. This approach used in combination with immunohistochemistry (immuno-LCM) has become a valuable method for isolating individual cell-types from a complex heterogeneous population. Here, we describe the detailed methodology required for the isolation of enriched populations of GFAP+ astrocytes, OSP+ oligodendrocytes, and CD68+ microglia from frozen post-mortem human central nervous system tissue using immuno-LCM.
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Simpson, J.E., Wharton, S.B., Heath, P.R. (2018). Immuno-Laser-Capture Microdissection for the Isolation of Enriched Glial Populations from Frozen Post-Mortem Human Brain. In: Murray, G. (eds) Laser Capture Microdissection. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1723. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7558-7_16
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