The Culture of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and Formation of Embryoid Bodies -- Derivation of Primary Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (PMEF) Cultures -- Embryonic Skeletal Muscle Microexplant Culture and Isolation of Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells -- The Embryonic Kidney: Isolation, Organ Culture, Immunostaining and RNA Interference -- Explant Culture of Mouse Embryonic Whole Lung, Isolated Epithelium, or Mesenchyme Under Chemically Defined Conditions as a System to Evaluate the Molecular Mechanism of Branching Morphogenesis and Cellular Differentiation -- Isolation, Culture, and Characterisation of Mouse Embryonic Oesophagus and Intestine -- Isolation and Culture of Embryonic Pancreas and Liver -- Isolation and Culture of Mouse Satellite Cells -- Analysis of Cardiac Myocyte Biology in Transgenic Mice: A Protocol for Preparation of Neonatal Mouse Cardiac Myocyte Cultures -- Short- and Long-Term Cultivation of Embryonic and Neonatal Murine Keratinocytes -- Isolation, Culture and Analysis of Mouse Mammary Epithelial Cells -- Isolation and Culture of Mouse Pancreatic Islets for Ex Vivo Imaging Studies with Trappable or Recombinant Fluorescent Probes -- Isolation and Culture of Adult Mouse Hepatocytes -- Isolation and Culture of Mouse Intestinal Cells -- Derivation of Primary Choroid Plexus Epithelial Cells from the Mouse -- The Preparation of Primary Cortical Neuron Cultures and a Practical Application Using Immunofluorescent Cytochemistry -- Cell Culture of Primary Cerebellar Granule Cells -- Isolation and Generation of Neurosphere Cultures from Embryonic and Adult Mouse Brain.

Cultured cells have combined accessibility and the ability to expand a homogeneous cell population from a relatively limited source, thus opening up a wealth of possibilities for researchers. In Mouse Cell Culture: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers provide a number of methods for the culture of a wide range of specific cells and tissues isolated from the key genetic model of the fetal or adult mouse. Including protocols for the explant of fetal tissues and stem cells that allow developmental processes to be followed ex vivo as well as protocols for the culture of isolated cell types that allow for the study of relatively homogeneous cell populations, this volume brings together a selection of the most current methods in order to make them available in one convenient source. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Practical and authoritative, Mouse Cell Culture: Methods and Protocols serves as an immediately applicable springboard for the development of new tissue culture methods in order to advance the study and treatment of human disorders.