Flow cytometric detection of intracellular Th1/Th2 cytokines using whole blood: Validation of immunologic biomarker for use in epidemiologic studies

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1452-1458

  Duramad, Paurene ^a   McMahon, Christopher W ^a   Hubbard, Alan ^a   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a   Holland, Nina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE STATUS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 4444282701     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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