PMID- 30788834 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190711 LR - 20190711 IS - 1940-6029 (Electronic) IS - 1064-3745 (Linking) VI - 1940 DP - 2019 TI - Mouse Lung Tissue Slice Culture. PG - 297-311 LID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-9086-3_21 [doi] AB - Precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) represent an ex vivo model widely used in visualizing interactions between lung structure and function. The major advantage of this technique is that the presence, differentiation state, and localization of the more than 40 cell types that make up the lung are in accordance with the physiological situation found in lung tissue, including the right localization and patterning of extracellular matrix elements. Here we describe the methodology involved in preparing and culturing PCLS followed by detailed practical information about their possible applications. FAU - Wu, Xinhui AU - Wu X AD - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. AD - Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - van Dijk, Eline M AU - van Dijk EM AD - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. AD - Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Bos, I Sophie T AU - Bos IST AD - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. AD - Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Kistemaker, Loes E M AU - Kistemaker LEM AD - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. AD - Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Gosens, Reinoud AU - Gosens R AD - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. r.gosens@rug.nl. AD - Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. r.gosens@rug.nl. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Methods Mol Biol JT - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) JID - 9214969 RN - 0 (Culture Media) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Culture Media/chemistry MH - Extracellular Matrix/physiology MH - Lung/*cytology MH - Mice MH - Organ Culture Techniques/*methods MH - Tissue Culture Techniques OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ex vivo OT - Lung tissue functions OT - Precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) EDAT- 2019/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/12 06:00 CRDT- 2019/02/22 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/12 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-9086-3_21 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1940:297-311. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9086-3_21.