Flow cytometric measurements of neutrophil functions: The dependence on the stimulus to cell ratio

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-152

  Anding, Kirsten ^a,b   Rost, Jan M ^c   Jacobs, Enno ^a   Daschner, Franz D ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial killing; Flow cytometry; Neutrophil function; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0037456656     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(02)00462-5     Document Type: Article

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