Evaluation of the interferon-γ ELISPOT-assay for quantification of peptide specific T lymphocytes from peripheral blood

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-174

  Schmittel, Alexander ^a   Keilholz, Ulrich ^a   Scheibenbogen, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELISPOT; Influenza; Peptide; T cells; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

CELL LINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031590669     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(97)00184-1     Document Type: Article

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