Interleukin-4 production from human basophils is critically dependent on the storage conditions employed prior to stimulation

Inflammation Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Aumuller E ^a   Gibbs, B F ^b   Gronow, A ^a   Haas, H ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basophils; Experimental conditions; IL 4

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD DONOR; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW TEMPERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PURIFICATION; STORAGE; TIME;

ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; BASOPHILS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-3; INTERLEUKIN-4; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345382881     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110300022     Document Type: Article

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