Immunophenotyping of lymphocytes obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage: Description of an all-purpose tricolor flow cytometric application

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-102

  Brandt, B ^a,b   Thomas, M ^a   Von Eiff, M ^a   Assmann, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Klinische Chemie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Flow cytometry gating property; Lymphocyte subset; Method comparison; Peroxidase anti peroxidase technique

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0030591593     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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