Isolation of thymic epithelial cells and analysis by flow cytometry

Current Protocols in Immunology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages 3.26.1-3.26.15

  Jain, Reema ^a,b   Gray, Daniel H D ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enzymatic digestion; Flow cytometry; Thymic epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CORTICAL THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84938899814     PISSN: 19343671     EISSN: 1934368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im0326s107     Document Type: Article

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