Isolation of functional cardiac immune cells

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 58, 2011, Pages

  McLarty, Jennifer L ^a   Meléndez, Giselle C ^a   Spencer, William J ^a   Levick, Scott P ^a   Brower, Gregory L ^a   Janicki, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Functional; Heart; Immune cells; Immunology; Isolation; Issue 58

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455195190     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3020     Document Type: Article

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