A simplified method for Ca2+ flux measurement on isolated human B cells that uses flow cytometry

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-74

  Gergely, Lajos ^a,c   Cook, Linda ^a   Agnello, Vincent ^a,b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^c Medical School   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN A; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION;

EID: 0030614761     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.1.70-74.1997     Document Type: Article

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