Quantification of cytokine mRNA expression by RT PCR in samples of previously frozen blood

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-203

  Kruse, Niels ^a   Pette, Martin ^a   Toyka, Klaus ^a   Rieckmann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABI PRISM 7700 Sequence Detector System; Cytokines; Frozen blood samples; Kinetic; Quantitation; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

CYTOKINES; FREEZING; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031590672     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(97)00188-9     Document Type: Article

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