Article
Purification of functional active epidermal Langerhans cells: a simple and efficient new technique.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Aug 1992
Morris J, Alaibac M, Jia M H, Chu T
Abstract excerpt
Our knowledge of the functional activity of the epidermal Langerhans cell has been severely hampered by the lack of an easy method of purification of these cells that is both efficient and reproducible. In the present study we have used immunomagnetic beads directly conjugated to an IgM class mouse anti-human human leukocyte antigen DR monoclonal antibody to positively select human Langerhans cells from an...
Topics
- Cell Separation
- Cell Survival
- Humans
- Immunologic Techniques
- Langerhans Cells
- Magnetics
- Microspheres
- Phenotype