Evaluation of the cervical cytobrush sampling technique for the preparation of CD45 + mononuclear cells from the human cervix

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 37-46

  Prakash, Manyu ^a   Patterson, Steve ^a   Kapembwa, Moses S ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervix uteri; Flow cytometry; Human; Mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPHORIN A; GLYCOPROTEIN;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LABELING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAMINA PROPRIA; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

ANTIGENS, CD45; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SEPARATION; CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0035545650     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(01)00464-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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