Example 1
The chemokine receptor CCR2 is expressed on monocyte precursor cells and is required for their entry into the CNS, typically as a chemotactic response to CCL2 which is expressed by KR158B glioma (Clarkson et al., 2015; Sagar et al., 2012; Flores et al., 2015). In this study, it was observed that a subset of HSCs express CCR2 (CCR2 HSC) migrate to intracranial tumor within 3 hours (data not shown). To isolate CCR2+ HSCs, bone marrow was collected from non-tumor bearing mice and lineage depleted using magnetic bead separation kit (Miltenyi Biotec, Calif.). The resulting lineage negative HSCs were then further enriched with a secondary magnetic bead depletion using biotinylated anti-CCR2 antibody followed with anti-biotin bead conjugated antibody.