A comparison of the performance in vitro of precision cut tissue slices and suspensions of human spleen with special reference to immunoglobulin and cytokine production

Human Antibodies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 138-150

  James, K ^a   Skibinski, G ^a   Hoffman, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunoglobulins; Spleen slices; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MITOGENIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL SUSPENSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE SLICE;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; SPLEEN; SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 0030429599     PISSN: 10932607     EISSN: 1875869X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/HAB-1996-7401     Document Type: Article

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