Suitability of cell metabolic colorimetric assays for assessment of CD4 + T cell proliferation: Comparison to 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) ELISA

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-194

  Maghni, K ^a   Nicolescu, O M ^a   Martin, J G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase assay; BrdU ELISA; CD4 + T cells; Lymph node; MTS assay; Proliferation assay

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BROXURIDINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0032985155     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(98)00220-8     Document Type: Article

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