Flow cytometric determination of cytokine production and proliferation in Hepatitis B core antigen specific murine CD4 cells: Lack of correlation between number of cytokine producing cells and cytokine levels in supernatant

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 157-167

  Alheim, Mats ^a   Lazdina, Una ^a   Milich, David R ^b   Sällberg, Matti ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Vaccine Research Institute of San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; ELISA; Flow cytometry; HBcAg; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERNATANT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; IMMUNIZATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 0035545588     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(01)00486-0     Document Type: Article

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