Sampling tumor-draining lymph nodes for phenotypic and functional analysis of dendritic cells and T cells

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-26

  Vuylsteke, Ronald J C L M ^a   Van Leeuwen, Paul A M ^a   Meijer, Sybren ^a   Wijnands, Pepijn G J T B ^a   Muller, Markwin G Statius ^a   Busch, Dirk H ^b   Scheper, Rik J ^a   De Gruijl, Tanja D ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; MATRIX PROTEIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0036318127     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64152-1     Document Type: Article

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