Profiling lymphocyte interactions at the single-cell level by microfluidic cell pairing

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dura, Burak ^a,b   Dougan, Stephanie K ^c   Barisa, Marta ^c   Hoehl, Melanie M ^a   Lo, Catherine T ^a   Ploegh, Hidde L ^c   Voldman, Joel ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEPTIDE; TYRP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BLOOD; CELL ORGANELLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARAMETERIZATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LEVEL; CELL TRACKING; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CALCIUM; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84923052619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6940     Document Type: Article

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