Standardization in flow cytometry: Correct sample handling as a priority

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 864-

  Valle, Andrea ^a   Maugeri, Norma ^a   Manfredi, Angelo A ^a,b   Battaglia, Manuela ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; LACTOFERRIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PENTRAXIN 3; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DENSITY GRADIENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR;

EID: 84870236275     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3158-c3     Document Type: Letter

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