Blood collection tubes influence serum ficolin-1 and ficolin-2 levels

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-55

  Brady, Allison M ^a   Spencer, Brady L ^a   Falsey, Ann R ^b   Nahm, Moon H ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; FICOLIN; FICOLIN 1; FICOLIN 2; FICOLIN 3; GLASS; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; OPSONIN; PLASTIC; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELUTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGAND BINDING; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILASTIC TUBE; VOLUNTEER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LECTINS; SERUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84892174684     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00607-13     Document Type: Article

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