Monitoring regulatory T cells in clinical samples: consensus on an essential marker set and gating strategy for regulatory T cell analysis by flow cytometry

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1271-1286

  Santegoets, Saskia J A M ^a   Dijkgraaf, Eveline M ^a   Battaglia, Alessandra ^b   Beckhove, Philipp ^c   Britten, Cedrik M ^d,e   Gallimore, Awen ^f   Godkin, Andrew ^f   Gouttefangeas, Cecile ^g   de Gruijl, Tanja D ^h   Koenen, Hans J P M ⁱ   Scheffold, Alexander ^j   Shevach, Ethan M ^k   Staats, Janet ^l,m   Taskén, Kjetil ^n,o   Whiteside, Theresa L ^p   Kroep, Judith R ^a   Welters, Marij J P ^a   van der Burg, Sjoerd H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^l DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Consensus; Flow cytometry; Monitoring; Phenotyping; Tregs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WORKSHOP; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; OVARY TUMOR; STANDARD; TUMOR ESCAPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOMARKERS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TUMOR ESCAPE;

EID: 84940720421     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: 14320851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-015-1729-x     Document Type: Article

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