Fuwai Central-China Hospital, Central-China Subcenter of National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases

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Biochemistry

Transplantation of Neonatal Mouse Cardiac Macrophages into Adult Mice

Yandong Li¹, Jie Feng¹, Yan Li¹, Jianqiu Pei¹, Shengshou Hu¹, Yu Nie^1,2

¹Fuwai Hospital & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Institute, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College, ²National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, Fuwai Central-China Hospital, Central-China Subcenter of National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases

We provide a protocol for neonatal cardiac macrophage separation and transplantation into an adult mouse heart, which could be a promising way to promote cardiac repair.