Enhancing the sensitivity of assays to detect T cell reactivity: The effect of cell separation and cryopreservation media

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1037, Issue , 2004, Pages 26-32

  Tree, Timothy I M ^a,c   Roep, Bart O ^b   Peakman, Mark ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assay development; Diabetes; T cell; Workshop

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TETANUS TOXIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 14544296679     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1337.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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