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Enumeration of major peripheral blood leukocyte populations for multicenter clinical trials using a whole blood phenotyping assay.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - 16 Sept 2012
Hensley Tiffany R, Easter Austin B, Gerdts Sarah E, De Rosa Stephen C, Heit Antje, McElrath M Juliana, Andersen-Nissen Erica
Abstract excerpt
Cryopreservation of peripheral blood leukocytes is widely used to preserve cells for immune response evaluations in clinical trials and offers many advantages for ease and standardization of immunological assessments, but detrimental effects of this process have been observed on some cell subsets, such as granulocytes, B cells, and dendritic cells. Assaying fresh leukocytes gives a more accurate picture of the in...
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