Improving the in vitro antigen specific T cell proliferation assay: The use of interferon-alpha to elicit antigen specific stimulation and decrease bystander proliferation

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 63-71

  Von Baehr, Volker ^a,b,c   Mayer, Wolfgang ^c   Liebenthal, Christa ^a   Von Baehr, Rüdiger ^b   Bieger, Wilfried ^c   Volk, Hans Dieter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Laboratory Center Waldherr   (Germany)

^c Medical Immunological Laboratories   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen specificity; Interferon; Lymphocyte transformation test; Memory T cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; GOLD; NICKEL; TETANUS TOXOID; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL KINETICS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETANUS TOXOID;

ACARI; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0035342608     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(01)00297-6     Document Type: Article

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