Objective: To proliferate dendritic cells from human peripheral blood. Methods: PBMC isolated from healthy human peripheral blood were incubated for 3 hours twice at 37℃ in humidified 5%CO2. After 3 hours
nonadherent cells were gently removed
then the adherent cells were cultured at 37℃ in humidified 5%CO2 in air
in medium with GM-CSF and IL-4 for more than 7 days. Finally
DCs were collected and identified in morphology,function and specific symbol of cell surface. Results: After 7 days
typical dendritic cells appeared and gradually became larger and more typical.By using flow cytometric cell surface marker analysis
the level of expressing CD1a was 65%. DCs could also induce proliferation of allogeneic lymphocytes. Conclusion: A large amount of DCs could be induced from peripheral blood monocyte by adding GM-CSF and IL-4.