Enzyme-linked immunospot assays for direct ex vivo measurement of vaccine-induced human humoral immune responses in blood

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1073-1087

  Saletti, Giulietta ^a   Çuburu, Nicolas ^a   Yang, Jae Seung ^a   Dey, Ayan ^a   Czerkinsky, Cecil ^a,b  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ANTIBODY SECRETING CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY CELL; VACCINATION;

ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; VACCINES;

EID: 84879397679     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.058     Document Type: Article

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