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Systems-Level Immune Monitoring by Mass Cytometry

Tadepally Lakshmikanth1, Petter Brodin2,3

  • 1Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Clinical Paediatrics, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
|January 23, 2019
PubMed

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Monitoring immune responses to therapies is crucial. Mass cytometry provides detailed immune cell profiling from blood, enhancing analysis for better treatment outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Biotechnology
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • Immunomodulatory therapies are increasingly common.
  • Effective monitoring of patient immune responses is essential.
  • Current monitoring methods may lack sufficient resolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a framework for comprehensive immune monitoring.
  • To leverage mass cytometry for detailed immune profiling.
  • To improve the analysis of responses to immunotherapies.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing mass cytometry for high-dimensional immune cell analysis.
  • Employing computational tools for data interpretation.
  • Analyzing immune cell populations and functional responses from blood samples.

Main Results:

  • Established a framework for systems-level immune monitoring.
  • Demonstrated detailed profiling of immune cell populations.
  • Increased resolution in distinguishing therapeutic responses.

Conclusions:

  • Mass cytometry offers a powerful approach for immune monitoring.
  • Integrated experimental and computational methods enhance analysis.
  • This framework supports better assessment of immunotherapeutic interventions.

Keywords:
CyTOFHuman immunologyImmune monitoringMass cytometrySystems immunologyTumor immunology

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