What Do You Mean by Splenocyte?

Medical Definition of splenocyte
: a macrophage of the spleen.

What do splenocytes do?

A splenocyte can be any one of the different white blood cell types as long as it is situated in the spleen or purified from splenic tissue. Splenocytes consist of a variety of cell populations such as T and B lymphocytes, dendritic cells and macrophages, which have different immune functions.

What cells are splenocytes?

Splenocytes are mononuclear cells derived from the spleen and include T-lymphocytes, B-lymphocytes, NK-cells, and NK T-cells. Primary mouse splenocytes (MS) can be used to isolate CD4+ T-cells, CD8+ T-cells, and CD45R+ B cells. MS from ScienCell Research Laboratories are isolated from normal adult CD-1 mouse spleen.

Alexander Ross

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