Monocyte Adhesion Assays for Detecting Endothelial Cell Activation in Vascular Inflammation and Atherosclerosis

Keman Xu, Fatma Saaoud, Stephanie Yu, Charles Drummer, Ying Shao, Yu Sun, Yifan Lu, Jianxin Sun, Jun Yu, Xiaohua Jiang, Hong Wang, Xiaofeng Yang

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Abstract

Monocyte adhesion assay, a fluorescence-based method, enables the detection and quantification of monocyte adhesion to endothelial cell (EC) monolayers in vitro and measures EC activation. We describe in this chapter a monocyte adhesion assay based on two published papers from our laboratory that can be effectively used in studying the mechanisms of both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in EC activation. Endothelial cell monolayers are cultured and treated with desired drug, cytokines, or other stimuli and incubated with fluorescently labeled monocytes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages169-182
Number of pages14
Volume2419
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • Atherosclerosis/metabolism
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Endothelial Cells
  • Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Inflammation/metabolism
  • Monocytes/metabolism

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