Extraction of human Langerhans cells: A method for isolation of epidermis-resident dendritic cells

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 83-91

  Peña Cruz, Victor ^a   Ito, Susumu ^b   Oukka, Mohamed ^a   Yoneda, Kozo ^c   Dascher, Christopher C ^d   Von Lichtenberg, Franz ^d   Sugita, Masahiko ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birbeck granules; CD1a; Dendritic cells; Epidermal Langerhans cells

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CD83 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; DISPASE; LAG PROTEIN; M PROTEIN; METRIZOATE SODIUM; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DIGESTION; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LANGERHANS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD1; CADHERINS; CELL SEPARATION; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LANGERHANS CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0035452488     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(01)00432-X     Document Type: Article

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