Standardizing immunophenotyping for the Human Immunology Project

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-200

  Maecker, Holden T ^a   McCoy, J Philip ^b,c   Nussenblatt, Robert ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DENSITY GRADIENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84857647499     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3158     Document Type: Review

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