A rapid and simple photometric assay for quantification of eosinophil chemotaxis

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 10-14

  Nagase, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Masao ^a   Jibiki, Sayaka ^a   Yamada, Hirokazu ^a   Ohta, Ken ^b   Kawasaki, Hiroshi ^c   Yoshie, Osamu ^d   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Morita, Yutaka ^a   Hirai, Koichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boyden chamber; C5a; CCR3; Eosinophil; Eosinophil peroxidase; Eotaxin; MCP 3; RANTES

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; EOTAXIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 3; PEROXIDASE; RANTES;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE FILTER; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18744427927     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053624     Document Type: Article

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