Characterization of Transcription Factor Phenotypes within Antigen-Specific CD4+ T Cells Using Qualitative Multiplex Single-Cell RT-PCR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Phetsouphanh, Chansavath ^a,b   Xu, Yin ^a,b   Amin, Janaki ^a   Seddiki, Nabila ^a,b   Procopio, Francesco ^c   Sekaly, Rafick Pierre ^c   Zaunders, John J ^a,b   Kelleher, Anthony D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 6; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TETANUS TOXOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84885053268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074946     Document Type: Article

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