• AimGel Mouse T Cell Activator

    Mouse T cell activation on cell-sized hydrogel microparticles

    AimGel Mouse T Cell Activator

    AimGel Mouse T Cell Activator

    $150.00
    ATC01-0050M | Research Use Only

    AimGel Mouse T Cell Activator presents anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 signals on soft hydrogel microparticles built to the size of a real mouse T cell (7-12 µm). The fluid lipid membrane lets those signals move freely across the surface, the way they do on a natural antigen-presenting cell. Activation is gentle and effective, whether you start from isolated mouse T cells or straight from PBMC.

    1 vial, 0.5 mL in PBS at 4 × 10⁷ microparticles/mL
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  • Performance

    Expand and purify in one step

    Start from mouse PBMC and skip the isolation step. AimGel selectively expands T cells, taking a starting population of ~14% CD3+ to ~98% CD3+ by day 5, alongside ~47-fold expansion by day 7.

    Viability stays between 80% and 92% across the week. Gentle signal presentation means cells come through activated rather than stressed.

    Built to mimic an antigen-presenting cell

    The soft hydrogel core matches the mechanical stiffness and size of a real cell, while a mobile lipid bilayer lets activation signals travel across the surface just as they would on a natural APC. That biomimicry is why AimGel needs significantly fewer activation signals than rigid magnetic beads while activating more effectively, and also more gently.

    Self-degradable via hydrolysis

    As hydrogel microparticles, AimGel self-degrades via hydrolysis within 7-10 days, so a standard expansion needs no debeading step. Need them gone sooner? The included digesting buffer clears them in 30 minutes at 37 °C.

  • Product Details

    Specifications

    A suspension of AimGel hydrogel microparticles made of chemically crosslinked dextran. Microparticles sized ~7-12 µm, coated with a phospholipid bilayer, with mouse T cell activating signal panels docked to the membrane.

    Inside the kit

    • 1 vial of AimGel Mouse T Cell Activator in PBS at 4 × 10⁷ microparticles/mL, with 0.5% P/S
    • 1 vial of lysis buffer (100×), dextranase in PBS

    Storage & stability

    • Ships on ice
    • Do not freeze, keep refrigerated at 2–8 °C, stable for 12 months.
    • Contents are sterile when unopened

    You will also need

    • Cryopreserved/fresh mouse PBMC, or isolated mouse CD3⁺ T cells
    • RPMI 1640 supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine,
    • 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS)
    • 25 mM HEPES
    • 1% penicillin/streptomycin
    • 25 µM 2-mercaptoethanol
    • Recombinant mouse or human IL-2
    • Cell culture vessels
    • Humidified CO₂ incubator or bioreactor

  • Data

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    Mouse T cell proliferation

    Expansion of mouse T cells activated with AimGel, compared with untreated control, over 7 days. AimGel-activated cells reached approximately 47-fold expansion by day 7.

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    Viability, purity and activation

    Mouse T cells activated with AimGel, starting from mouse PBMC. Left: viability remained between 80% and 92% across days 3, 5 and 7. Centre: CD3+ fraction of live cells rose from ~14% at day 0 to ~98% by day 5, showing selective expansion of T cells without a separate isolation step. Right: ~98% of the CD3+ population was CD25+ at day 5, confirming activation.

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