GFP-specific CD8 T cells enable targeted cell depletion and visualization of T-cell interactions

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1287-1292

  Agudo, Judith ^a   Ruzo, Albert ^a   Park, Eun Sook ^a   Sweeney, Robert ^a   Kana, Veronika ^a   Wu, Meng ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Egli, Dieter ^b   Merad, Miriam ^a   Brown, Brian D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MAMMALS; PROTEINS; VISUALIZATION;

CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DISEASE STATE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNE SURVEILLANCE; MOUSE BRAIN;

T-CELLS;

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; HEART FUNCTION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T CELL DEPLETION;

EID: 84949804898     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3386     Document Type: Article

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