A novel flow cytometric assay for measurement of in vivo pulmonary neutrophil phagocytosis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vander Top, Elizabeth A ^a   Perry, Greg A ^a   Gentry Nielsen, Martha J ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; EPITOPE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33747067166     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-61     Document Type: Article

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