Components:- 25×LargeCellColumn
- 25×flowresistor(23G)
Overview
LargeCellColumnsaredesignedforpositiveselectionoflargehumanoranimalcells,forexamplemegakaryocytes.Ingeneral,cells
USPensionsshouldnotcontainclumps,aggregatesorparticles>50μm.Theflowrateofthecolumnsiscontrolledwithaflowresistorthatissuppliedwiththecolumns.
LargeCellColumnscanbeusedwiththefollowingseparators:
- MiniMACS™Separator
- OctoMACS™Separator
Columncapacity
Forlymphoidcellsfromblood,bonemarrowortissue:
Upto107magneticallylabeledcellsfromupto2×108totalcells.
Forthecapacityofcellsfromothertissues,e.g.,neuraltissues,pleaserefertothedatasheetprovidedwiththeparticularMACSCellSeparationReagent.
Details
Backgroundinformation
ThematrixoftheLargeCellColumnsiscomposedofferromagneticspheres,whicharecoveredwithacell-friendlycoatingallowingfastandgentleseparationofcells.WhenplacedinthemagneticfieldofaMACS
®Separator,thespheresamplifythemagneticfieldby10,000-fold,thusinducingahighgr
ADIentwithinthecolumn.ThisiscrucialforisolationofcellswhichareonlyminimallylabeledwithMACS
®MicroBeads,leavingenoughepitopesfreeforconcurrentantibodystaining.Thespacebetweenthespheresisseveraltimeslargerthanprimaryandmostculturedcells.Thisallowsthecellstofreelyflowthroughthecolumn.Magneticallylabeledcellsareheldinsuspensionwithinthecolumnanddonotactually“bind”thecolumnmatrix.Thissuspensionminimizesstressonthecellsandallowsforefficientsterilewashingbyavoidingcellaggregation.
Thecolumnsarepackedindividuallyinasterileway.