A whole blood method for measurement of intracellular TNF-α, IFN-γ and IL-2 expression in stimulated CD3 + lymphocytes: Differences between young and elderly subjects

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 227-234

  McNerlan, S E ^a   Rea, I M ^a   Alexander, H D ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; CD3 lymphocytes; IFN ; IL 2; Intracellular cytokines; TNF

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 12 ACETATE 13 MYRISTATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LEVEL; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; IONOMYCIN; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037011998     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(01)00188-7     Document Type: Article

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