Isolation, purification and flow cytometric analysis of human intrahepatic lymphocytes using an improved technique

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-296

  Morsy, Mohamed A ^a   Norman, Paul J ^b,c   Mitry, Ragai ^a   Rela, Mohamed ^a   Heaton, Nigel D ^a   Vaughan, Robert W ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaveric liver; Collagenase; Flow cytometry; Immunophenotyping; Intrahepatic lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13444262017     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700219     Document Type: Article

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