A human whole-blood assay for analysis of T-cell function by quantification of cytokine mRNA

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 649-654

  Hartel C ^a   Bein, G ^b   Kirchner, H ^a   Klüter, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033048269     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1999.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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