Flow cytometric measurement of intracellular cytokines

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 107-124

  Pala, Pietro ^a   Hussell, Tracy ^a   Openshaw, Peter J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Flow cytometry; Intracellular staining

Indexed keywords

BREFELDIN A; CALCIMYCIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; IONOMYCIN; MONENSIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; REAGENT; RECOMBINANT CYTOKINE; SAPONIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASOPHILS; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; KINETICS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; QUALITY CONTROL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0034699514     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(00)00230-1     Document Type: Article

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