Expression of lactoferrin on human granulocytes: Analysis with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-285

  Afeltra, A ^a,c   Caccavo, D ^b   Ferri, G M ^a   Addessi, M A ^a   De Rosa, F G ^a   Amoroso, A ^a   Bonomo, L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c Department of 'Medicina Clinica' ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Antilactoferrin antibodies; Cytometric analysis; Granulocytes; Lactoferrin; Monoclonal and polyclonal

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; LACTOFERRIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030751622     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4351333.x     Document Type: Article

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