A novel four-colour flow cytometric assay to determine natural killer cell or T-cell-mediated cellular cytotoxicity against leukaemic cells in peripheral or bone marrow specimens containing greater than 20% of normal cells

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 63-76

  Zimmermann, Stefanie Yvonne ^a   Esser, Ruth ^a   Rohrbach, Eckhard ^a   Klingebiel, Thomas ^a   Koehl, Ulrike ^a  

^a Lab Stem Cell Transplant I   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conjugate; Cytotoxicity; Flow cytometry; Monoclonal antibodies; Natural killer cells; T cells

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CALCULATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOMETRY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TARGET CELL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; BLOOD CELLS; BONE MARROW CELLS; COLOR; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA; PROPIDIUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 12944279749     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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