Optimal cellular preservation for high dimensional flow cytometric analysis of multicentre trials

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 385, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 79-89

  Ng, Amanda A P ^a   Lee, Bernett T K ^a   Teo, Timothy S Y ^a   Poidinger, Michael ^a   Connolly, John E ^a,b  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell count; Cellular preservation; Flow cytometry; Immunophenotyping; Marker expression; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIXATIVE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; TRANSFIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHILD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84866514335     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: 18727905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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