A user-friendly, highly sensitive assay to detect the IFN-γ secretion by T cells

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 440-444

  Corstjens, Paul L A M ^a   Zuiderwijk, Michel ^a   Tanke, Hans J ^a   van der Ploeg van Schip, Jolien J ^a   Ottenhoff, Tom H M ^a   Geluk, Annemiek ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; IFN ; Interferon, Lateral flow; Leprosy; Mycobacteria; UCP; Up converting phosphor; UPT

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERNATANT; T LYMPHOCYTE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 40849130884     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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