Flow cytometry analysis of gap junction-mediated Cel-Cell communication: Advantages and pitfalls

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 487-493

  Fonseca, Paula Candida ^a,b   Nihei, Oscar Kenji ^a   Savino, Wilson ^a   Spray, David C ^c   Alves, Luiz Anastacio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; CALCEIN; CALCEIN ACETYOXYMETHYL; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUOROCHROME; ION CHANNEL; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3,3' DIOCTADECYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; 3,3'-DIOCTADECYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; CARBOCYANINE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; COCULTURE; DYE INJECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYE TRANSFER; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; INJECTION; LIPOPHILICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL JUNCTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85047697917     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20255     Document Type: Review

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