How flow cytometry is changing the study of TB immunology and clinical diagnosis

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1100-1106

  Fuhrmann, Stephan ^a   Streitz, Mathias ^b   Kern, Florian ^a,b  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Interferon release assays (IGRA); Intracellular cytokine staining (ICS); T cells

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; L SELECTIN; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BCG VACCINATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES;

EID: 55949113633     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20614     Document Type: Review

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