A flow adhesion assay to study leucocyte recruitment to human hepatic sinusoidal endothelium under conditions of shear stress

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 85, 2014, Pages

  Shetty, Shishir ^a   Weston, Christopher J ^a   Adams, David H ^a   Lalor, Patricia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow adhesion assay; Hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells; Immunology; Issue 85; Leucocyte trafficking; Liver; Peripheral blood lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939573460     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51330     Document Type: Article

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