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Cytokine flow cytometry: multiparametric approach to immune function analysis.

S A Ghanekar1, H T Maecker

  • 1BD Biosciences, Immunocytometry Systems, San Jose, CA 95131, USA.

Cytotherapy
|May 15, 2003
PubMed
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Cytokine flow cytometry offers precise cellular immune response quantitation. New automated methods promise to reveal protection correlates in cellular immunity diseases through large clinical trials.

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Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Cellular Immunology
  • Immune Monitoring

Background:

  • Precise quantitation of cellular immune responses is crucial for understanding immunity.
  • Single-cell assays like cytokine flow cytometry, ELISPOT, and MHC-peptide multimers have advanced immune response measurement.
  • Cytokine flow cytometry allows MHC-unrestricted antigen response detection and multiparameter cell analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare cytokine flow cytometry with other immune function assays.
  • To summarize data from cytokine flow cytometry in various disease states.
  • To describe methodological improvements for cytokine flow cytometry.

Main Methods:

  • Review and comparison of immune function assays.
  • Summary of existing cytokine flow cytometry data in disease.

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  • Description of technical advancements in cytokine flow cytometry.

    • Main Results:

    • Cytokine flow cytometry provides detailed cellular immune response data.
    • Methodological improvements enhance assay robustness, throughput, and information content.
    • The technique is applicable across diverse disease states.

    Conclusions:

    • Cytokine flow cytometry is a powerful tool for immune response analysis.
    • Advancements are making the technique more efficient and informative.
    • Automated cytokine flow cytometry may elucidate correlates of protection in cellular immunity diseases.