Article
Optimization of culture and storage conditions for an in vitro system to evaluate thymocyte phenotype and function.
Journal of immunological methods - 30 May 2006
Young Charlene D, Angel Jonathan B
Abstract excerpt
Studies on thymopoiesis are critical to the understanding of T-cell homeostasis as well as the host response to T-cell depletion. Various in vitro culture systems have been used in the study of thymocyte development; however it is unclear if current co-culture methods have been fully optimized. In this study in vitro suspension cultures have been re-evaluated and the optimal storage conditions for thymocytes have...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Coculture Techniques
- Epithelial Cells
- Humans
- Infant
- Interleukin-7
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Interleukin-7
- Refrigeration
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets
- Thymus Gland
- Tissue Preservation
