Differential expression of IFN-α subtypes in human PBMC: Evaluation of novel real-time PCR assays

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 207-222

  Loseke S ^a   Grage Griebenow, E ^a   Wagner, A ^a   Gehlhar, K ^a   Bufe, A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human PBMC; IFN subtypes; Quantification; Real time PCR; Virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA2 INTERFERON; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HELA CELL; HEP 2 CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; GLUCURONIDASE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERONS; KINETICS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 0037407797     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(03)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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