Cryopreservation does not alter the frequency of regulatory T cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 138-140

  Van Hemelen, D ^a   Oude Elberink, J N G ^a   Heimweg, J ^a   van Oosterhout, A J M ^a   Nawijn, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CD25; Cryopreservation; Foxp3; PBMCs; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL2RA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NOTE; TIME;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949330064     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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