Estimation of antigen-responsive T cell frequencies in PBMC from human subjects

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-132

  Broman, Karl ^a   Speed, Terry ^a   Tigges, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

antigen responsive T cell frequency; EM algorithm; limiting dilution assay; maximum likelihood; plate specific parameter

Indexed keywords

HERPES SIMPLEX VACCINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; SIMPLEXVIRUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VIRAL VACCINES;

HERPES;

EID: 0030582559     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(96)00136-6     Document Type: Article

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