Isolation of leukocytes from the human maternal-fetal interface

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 99, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Yi ^a   Plazyo, Olesya ^a   Romero, Roberto ^a,b,c   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,d   Gomez Lopez, Nardhy ^a,d  

^a NICHDNIHDHHS   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accutase; Decidua basalis; Decidua parietalis; Flow cytometry; Immunology; Immunophenotyping; Issue 99; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

CELL SEPARATION; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84941254096     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52863     Document Type: Article

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