Evaluation of antigen-specific T-cell responses with a miniaturized and automated method

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1811-1818

  Li Pira, Giuseppina ^a   Ivaldi, Federico ^a   Dentone, Chiara ^b   Righi, Elda ^b   Del Bono, Valerio ^b   Viscoli, Claudio ^b   Koopman, Gerrit ^c   Manca, Fabrizio ^d  

^a ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON ANTIBODY; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; AUTOMATION; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MINIATURIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 57349146671     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00322-08     Document Type: Article

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