Validation of quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays for measuring cytokine expression in equine macrophages

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 328, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 59-69

  Allen, Charlotte A ^a   Payne, Susan L ^a   Harville, Melissa ^a   Cohen, Noah ^a   Russell, Karen E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Horse; Macrophage; QPCR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLASMID DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORSE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HORSES; MACROPHAGES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 35549007502     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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