Changes in fluorescence intensity of selected leukocyte surface markers following fixation

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 379-385

  Stewart, Judith C ^a   Villasmil, Michelle L ^b   Frampton, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixation; Flow cytometry; Immunofluorescence; Leukocytes; Paraformaldehyde

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD32 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUOROCHROME; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 34250755570     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20392     Document Type: Article

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