The inflammatory process leading to human labor is mostly facilitated by immune cells, which can be studied by isolating and characterizing primary immune cells from the feto-maternal interface. However, difficulty and inconsistency in sampling approaches of immune cells and short lifespan in vitro prevent their usage in mechanistic studies to understand the maternal-fetal immunobiology. To address these limitations, existing cell line models can be differentiated into immune-like cells for use in reproductive biology experiments. In this chapter, we discussed cell culture methods of maintaining and differentiating HL-60, THP-1, and NK-92 cells to obtain neutrophil-like, macrophage-like, and decidual natural killer-like cells, respectively, which can then be used together with intrauterine cells to elucidate and investigate immune mechanisms that contribute to parturition.
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Lintao, R. C. V., Richardson, L. S., Chapa, J., Dalmacio, L. M. M., & Menon, R. (2024). Culture and Maintenance of Immune Cells to Model Innate Immune Status at the Feto-maternal Interface. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 2781, pp. 119–130). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3746-3_11
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